The left doesn't consist of democrats or liberals. The left is made up of socialists, communists, and anarchists (minus ancaps), which all believe that self and community defense is their own responsibility."Under no pretext" and all of that.

As for wanting to be left alone and wanting gun culture to be perceived as less toxic, I'm fully with you. Gun ownership isn't just for chuds and not every gun owner is a chud. In fact, I believe every member of the working class should be introduced to guns at a young age and be fully armed. I also know many people, who just like you mentioned, are part of the LGBTQ+ community or part of other protected groups that are gun owners. Problem is, both libs and chuds treat them like human garbage, so you don't hear about their gun ownership experience.

Though, the problem is that the Democrats don't want people to be armed because they're capitalist swine, and the Republicans are the same way, but just like to lie about it. The majority of the actual left, on the other hand, believes in gun ownership and all other human rights, but fuck them because their dirty communists who just want to take your guns away and kill everyone, right? /s