It absolutely makes my stomach churn.Nearly everyone that is a close relative or friend of mine is "gun ignorant" and a "sheeple".....it's just too sad. I actually had an acquaintance say she was more afraid of people with CHLs than criminals. I won't go into the discussion that ensured (if you can even consider it a discussion) but her thinking was that they were used to guns and only used them to rob stores and such and the CHL holders just carried guns around being macho and when they got mad they'd shoot someone. Now isn't that enough to make your stomach churn?
Your friend is not alone in her beliefs. Unfortunately, I run into far too many so called "educated people" who have the exact same views as your friend.
I do my best to educate these people as to the true nature of concealed carry laws and concealed carry license holders themselves, but in many cases, these people just don't want to learn anything that conflicts with their precious anti-gun beliefs.
The sad thing is that there is far more misinformation being distributed by anti-gunners than there are factual studies showing that the more law abiding CHL holders you have, the less violent crime there is in a community.
I will never understand how some people can't comprehend the fact that when law abiding citizens are denied the means to protect themselves, criminals win.