To the British media anyone in the US who owns a firearm and asserts their civil rights in the face of blithe authoritarianism *must* be some sort of barbarian.
Given that such barbarians ejected the Brits from this country I can understand why some of them are sore losers even 200+ years later.
These guys are standing up for gun rights....
To the British media...
Thinking that this was absurd, I looked at another UK news source, for some perspective. LOL, it made the first story look downright reasonable!