No I don't read many comments on social media because comment threads are usually full ill informed people giving their opinions. Read some actual news sources and listen to what the representatives of each side say.
It is the representatives on the Left calling for gun control. Some leftists are actually calling for repeal of the second amendment. At least those leftists are honest because repealing the 2A and confiscating all firearms is the only way to "control guns" and that will take using the police with their guns to round up everyone else's guns. The same police who are supposed to be "bigots."
I think that you are either misrepresenting the pro-2A argument or you are talking to some ignorant right wingers. Because the argument goes like this: if I am in immediate danger and their is not a police officer near by, it is my responsibility to protect myself, my family, and my property and I have the right to use the same amount of force (or weaponry) that is used against me.
If you extrapolated from that "the police are inept, not there to protect and serve, and are just waiting around to put people in body bags" you are incorrect. But if someone actually said those things to you, let me know who it was so I can go and troll them or see if they are just trolling.