Actually, Patrick, the crazy left will always support policies which (a) increase government (i.e., their own) power and (b) reduce the population.
Their opposition to- no, make that “hatred of”- civilian gun ownership is rooted in their belief that the power of government must be absolute and unchallengeable. To put it bluntly, they demand the privilege of giving orders which must be obeyed, and killing anybody who even dares to question same.
To ensure this, they hold that government must have an absolute monopoly on force- to be used as and when they desire it, either to ensure the obedience of the masses, or simply to relieve their own inevitable boredom. Sooner or later, even gods suffer ennui, and Chalker’s Law kicks in; “Power is meaningless to its possessor unless it can be used against an inferior, and at the victim’s expense.” This, of course, requires a defenseless inferior.
Leftists not only object to purely recreational use of arms (“Hunters are animal murderers!” “Target shooters are would-be terrorists!”), they do not see self-defense against criminal attack as legitimate, either. To them, criminals are “fellow rebels”, fighting the war against an unjust society in their own way. (They define an “unjust society” as “a society in which we, the enlightened elite’, are not the absolute rulers”.)
This is also why leftists habitually focus on “inequality” and “legitimate grievances” in the criminal justice system; in their minds, a bank robber, mugger, or murderer is simply seeking redress of the wrongs inflicted upon them, i.e. they are a “victim of society”.
To them, violent crime is an instrument of political policy, intended to frighten the populace into giving them ever-increasing power to “combat” it. Said power to be used against, not their “fellow rebels”, but against those who really frighten them; the citizenry.
As for abortion, one of the bedrock beliefs of the modern left is the Paul Ehrlich “Population Bomb” myth, which is also used to justify environmentalist extremism. They believe there are Just Too Damned Many Humans Oppressing Holy Mother Gaia, and they fully intend to reduce the number to just the amount they (the rulers) need to do the scut-work. Abortion allows them to cull the herd while not getting their hands dirty.
So, for that matter, do criminals who kill defenseless victims.
Once you understand the essentially authoritarian, and ultimately apocalyptic, nature of leftist ideology, it all makes sense. They see the terror that crime creates, and the loss of human life that abortion represents. And they find both good.
Both teach the sheep to keep their place. And ensure that the herd never gets bigger than the shepherds want it to be.
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