To many of them their guns are like their babies. And now that Obama is elected they fear he'll take their babies away from them.
It's not the gun itself it's the fact that the government would be attempting to supress/eliminate a god given constitutionally guaranteed right. It is real easy to see how the elimination of one right sets precedent for the elimination of others if the government decides it wishes to do so.
No its just the guns. I live about 60 miles south of Seattle and down here there are probably 10 small hick towns in a 10 mile radius. All these rednecks are afraid of the dems taking away their guns. I am a democrat. I also go to shooting ranges every week and shoot, but the difference between me and them is that I do not think they are trying to take them away, they are just trying to make sure there are rules. They want background checks and things like that so that a criminal cant just walk in and buy a gun. The rednecks dont even want that and i think its ridiculous.