[ZenGum]

I figured it out.

It is to keep you safe.

See, being in the US, you should assume the other guy has a gun.

So, any kind of fight is going to turn into a gunfight.

And you don't bring a knife to a gunfight. The gubmint is just reminding you.

It's just the bleeding-heart do-good liberals trying to keep you safe from your own under-armed folly, that's all.

Now take your pill and watch some TV. All is well.