Help me understand: Why would a R congresscritter WANT to carry a gun onto the floor ?

[Earthshine2]

20. For some, carrying a gun makes them feel powerful. At any moment, one may be called upon to ...

do something awesome, like stop a crime.

And one walks around with and relishes those reciprocal feelings of power and responsibility.

Eventually, it falls into the background. After a time, one goes about daily life not always thinking about the gun one is always carrying.

And then, one wants to go into auditorium where guns are not allowed.

Suddenly, that power -- although in the background of one's mind -- is stripped away. And it is unbearable.

Now that I have been a superhero, how can I exist on Earth as an ordinary human, if only for a few hours? Such is the life of a gun humper.