Democrats follow the leaders who do all those things you mention. If you vote democrat...you vote against gun ownership, for the entitlement mentality and you vote for a weaker America. I'm from a state---most democrat---but mostly commonsense. They tend to vote republican when it comes to non-local elections because they KNOW.
Santorum is a typical Statist who speaks about "Freedom" & "Patriotism" when it suits him but, his own actions prove those words to be absolutely hollow. The worst part is that he believes his actions against personal/economic freedom to be an actual good thing for everyone... He is the worst kind of a person. A man who believes he himself and his interpretation of a Religious Book to be the answer to woes of the World. I'd rather get robbed by a 400IB guy who knows he is doing wrong rather than a person like Santorum who thinks he is doing me a service.