If you substitute the arguments typically made against gun-ownership for Islam, their intolerance becomes clear.
1) Practicing x is a choice and thus not subject to discrimination protection. It's not something you can't change like being black or handicapped.
2) Restrictions and prohibitions on x are justified because x is associated with increased violence.
3) The interests of those who find x offensive should be weighed against those like x.
4) You don't need to practice x. x isn't essential to your life like eating or transportation.
5) x gives you a false sense of security. Evidence shows x is more likely to harm you than help you.
The first and last arguments don't seem as intolerant as the middle three because, in the context of religion, they're generally made by atheists and atheists tend to be progressive. The middle arguments are made by conservatives and so sound more intolerant. Yet, they're all intolerant. This only goes to show -- in addition to our main point that arguments for gun-control reflect intolerance -- that progressive thought avoids charges of intolerance faced by other ideologies simply by virtue of being dominant.
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