I am opposed to DHS (TSA, mostly). How can I be in favor of gun control?

[TheKentuckian]

10. It is a similar them not me attitude that "small government" types have

that want government small enough to drown in a bathtub but big enough to supervise the bedrooms, doctors offices, and every vagina from sea to shining sea.

In my mind, you grant powers to the government or you do not but then I am a die hard limited government person, that being the government's authority is granted from and held in trust for the people rather than our rights being granted by the state.

Complicated and human or not, you know you have reached a point of cognitive dissonance. An exception has undone your rule. A hypocrite believes two morally at odds positions, you are in extreme danger of taking a step further to holding two mutually exclusive positions, which means you are essentially and fundamentally dishonest about one of them. You cannot be against the security state and for initiatives that require it.
You are actually acting in concert with the "terra terra" types in building the security state consensus. You have your reasons and they have theirs and eventually both will meet in the middle and we'll just have a security state and we'll all be miserable though you will be more put out than your opposite number because they don't give a shit about anything but your exception.

There is much more to be lost than to be gained and you will not be one bit more safe just more under control.

It may well be human but it isn't complicated. The concept is old as humans or older, wanting to have your cake and eat it to.