We think that gun control is scary because the only thing it accomplishes is to disarm law-abiding citizens while criminals remain armed. The right to self-defence is a fundamental right. That's why we believe that people who use force in the commission of a crime should be given much more serious sentences that those who do not. Gun control is very much like drug prohibition. It opens the door corruption in our police forces, makes criminals out of people who are not criminals, and gives undue powers to the government that cannot be justified in a free society.
Every totalitarian society has gun control.
Economically, we believe in freedom. That's why most people dread it. There is no doubt that many people find individual responsibility 'scary', but no matter how scary it may seem, its alternative is definitely more scary. If so, consider how scary YOU would seem to them. Or even worse, if they felt the same way you feel, then it would be YOUR responsibility to provide them with the things they want in life.