I don't see this as a "left vs. right" issue. I see it as a very real effort to condition future generations from all walks of life and households that waiving one's basic human rights for false promises of "safety" and "security" is the wisest course of action. I also find the prevalence of the "I don't care what happens to anyone else so long as I get to keep the things important to me" mentality to be more widespread than I feel comfortable with.
Nobody thinks about the unthinkable until they're the ones being put to the question. I do not want to imagine a world where exercising my First, Fourth, Fifth or Sixth Amendment rights are forbidden by law simply because I fall into a certain group of persecuted individuals. No one wants to think that tomorrow, they could be labelled as the next "terrorist."
So what does this have to do with the Second Amendment, you ask? Well, I wish the people (that's individuals like you and me, not politicians) so Hell-bent on legislating this basic human right out of existence would ask themselves what recourse that would leave them with if they were ever persecuted or accosted by people who are incapable of reason or compassion, especially if they're accosted by more than one person and/or they're armed. It puts things in perspective when you remind them that waving the white flag for those who lack any human qualities just means you'll end up being strangled with it.
But I digress...