Suppressing the human right to own and carry weapons is a step toward suppressing the human right to read, write, and think. The same thing can and will happen here. The very existence of a gun control lobby gives the lie to any claim they make to liberalism. More to the point, and far more sinister, gun control is MIND control. The relationship only begins with ludicrous attempts by self-styled liberals to convince a population protected by the Second Amendment that the Bill of Rights doesn't mean what it says.
Weapons consist of more than machined steel or wood, cast aluminum or plastic.
As John M. Browning or Sam Colt would tell you, their second-most vital component is an idea. Those who would outlaw weapons must first outlaw the knowledge of weapons. Similarly, civilization consists of more than just impressive public buildings and a battery of arbitrary rules. Every day we learn again how dependent we've been all along on individual self-restraint. But it doesn't matter what they call it.