By and large, I was born this way. However, I can attempt to draw some connections.

I'm from a small, remote town with no police presence to speak of. Our community was tightly knit and there was no visible role for the government (other than the roads, obviously ;) ).

I also grew up hunting and just see guns as another useful thing that you have to be careful how you handle.

I've seen that communities can regulate themselves and resolve their own disputes. People can safely handle the tools of self defense. In the absence of a state presence, social structures reassert themselves.