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Most leftists, young people in particular, are participating in group think. They are repeating rhetoric that sounds good to the ear.

I work around a lot of very liberal young people, many are far left. When one of them chooses to make a statement, usually torn from the liberal talking points cheat sheet, such as "we need common sense gun control", "we need common sense immigration reform", "Capitalism has failed", "Obama has been a great president" or "I hate Republicans", I always ask "why do you say that", or "by what metric"? In almost 100% of cases, they cannot tell me why they think what they think. They feel very strongly about the statement they just made, but in most instances, they cannot expound upon that feeling beyond the one-line statement. They are used to fighting the "no you can't" - "yes I can" argument but when you ask them to educate you, they struggle.

I had the following conversation with a very outspoken young Bernie Sanders supporter at work about a month ago.

Proud Liberal: "Obama has been a great president, I'm gonna miss him".
Me: "Some folks feel that way. By what metric would you say he has been a great president?"
PL: "What do you mean?"
Me: "You said he has been a great president. Tell me about that. How?"
PL: "He has sure been better than George Bush"
Me: "We're not talking about Bush, you were talking about Obama being great. Tell me about that"
PL: "Well, he cares about healthcare for women"
Me: "Really? I didn't know women couldn't get healthcare before he was president. That's interesting. Tell me more about that."
PL: "Aww come on man, you just want to bust my b@$$*"
Me: "No problem. Give it some thought and get back with me"
End of conversation.

This is about as far as any of these conversations go. So to answer your question, I don't think that most liberals are afraid of guns. I think their leadership wants the control that can be inflicted on an unarmed society, but the average liberal is just repeating talking points without giving it any thought.