America's obsession with guns

[FatAndFaithless]

I'm pretty liberal on most things and I have never done any of those things. Nor do I think those things are socially acceptable. Please note, of course, that there's a huge difference between a protest and a riot.  Something many conservatives don't seem to understand.

I can respect your liberal sentiments. Reasonable people can disagree. I'm obviously quite conservative but I don't own a gun. I don't even like guns and I believe far too many people that have no business owning guns do. Gun ownership often times has more to do with macho posing than politics, IMHO. At the same time, masked groups of gun-rights advocates do not go on downtown shooting sprees. The sad truth, to me, is that left-wing rioters have too many prominent and vocal apologists in the media and mostly tacit approval of academia. I don't think riots ever broke out at any Tea Party rallies; although I could be wrong.

Could you name some vocal apologists in the media?  Most I've ever seen are supporting their right to protest (free speech), while condemning violence.