Textbook projection. If I am so 'scared', why don't I cling to a gun like you? It is no secret conservatism IS fear. It's been known for over a century.
Liberalism is trust of the people, tempered by prudence; conservatism, distrust of people, tempered by fear.
William E. Gladstone (1809-1898)
Now we even have scientific proof...Conservatives have larger “fear center”
Conservatives Big on Fear, Brain Study Finds
Are people born conservative?
Peering inside the brain with MRI scans, researchers at University College London found that self-described conservative students had a larger amygdala than liberals. The amygdala is an almond-shaped structure deep in the brain that is active during states of fear and anxiety. Liberals had more gray matter at least in the anterior cingulate cortex, a region of the brain that helps people cope with complexity.
The liberal party is generally more intellectual and the conservative party is more anti-intellectual.
The conservative party is big on national defense and magnifies our perception of threat, whether of foreign aggressors, immigrants, terrorists, or invading ideologies like Communism. To a conservative, the world really is a frightening place.
Psychology Today
No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
Edmund Burke