To build on that a little more. Mormons are huge 2nd amendment advocates. You gotta remember most Americans in the 1800’s viewed Mormonism as a cult (many still do). They were chased off everywhere they went. (Look up 1838 Mormon war as one example). They have vowed to be ready to fight the US gov’t again if ever provoked. My niece and nephews had to be able to strip and reassemble in AR15 for Sunday school when they were 12 kind of a right of passage thing. They are the gun culture.