I have a super duper uber liberal aunt talking about how she wants to buy a gun. Although had a rather odd contradiction of logic. If someone was breaking into her house she'd say she'd rather just let them "take" what they want rather than start a fire fight. Said it would unnecessarily escalate the situation. Uh, you're assuming people who have no regard for your property will respect your life. I mean, you're in bed, in your house, and a stranger is now in your house with god knows what intentions. How does protecting yourself by all means make the situation worse? Why buy a gun if you think using it will be a bad idea? I didn't argue her, just made suggestions on what to buy for a 1st time gun owner.
That sounds kind of like my Mom. She's pretty anti-gun, but seems to be coming around a little bit on understanding why someone would want to own an AR-15. She still said if looters and rioters came to her neighborhood she would "just leave."
I think a lightbulb went off when I reminded her that there is a single two lane road for entering and exiting her neighborhood. I asked her how she planned to leave if someone parked a couple of semi trucks across the road to block the exit.