As a gun-owning progressive I have to question why equate the "right" to self-defense with gun ownership? People the world over have the right to defend themeslves, but the ownership of firearms is limited. The two are simply a false equivalence.
As for the rest, conservative fine CRT racist because they define racism differently than progressives, so the debate there remains at cross-purposes.
Universal healthcare coverage seems to work well in much of Europe & Canada, so why not here?