I follow the debate as best as a legal layman can, and I haven't seen any evidence of such tactics. There are those, not well versed in law or English articulation, that get caught up in the heat of the argument and become, shall we say, a bit emotional. It's hard to blame them. After a while, there's the feeling that enough is enough. We love our freedom.
Arms are the tools of free men and women.
Everything criminal about guns is already illegal, and much of that regulation doesn't stand up to the scrutiny of the Constitution. Yet, the Government at all levels is on a holy crusade to further curtail the rights of free Americans. Government is the servant of the People, not the babysitter.