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Because the Supreme Court has stated that the right to own firearms is precisely the right to protect life. Unless or until the Court backs away from that idea, conflating the two as being separate and opposed to each other is a non-starter. They are in fact, the same thing.
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Sure, but it can also be abused by people to do the exact opposite of protecting life. It's a double edged sword, and I really don't see the issue in trying to ensure that the gun owning populace is competent and responsible via more stringent background checks and training/ education. Someone is going to say that one restriction leads to another and that's true. I think that sort of all or nothing attitude however, and inability to adapt is going to be the eventual end of the 2nd.