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It's probably a connection to the "survivalist" mentality, which is commonly seen as "buy countless guns, live in the woods, kill anything that gets too close." Survivalists got a bad rap back in the 90s, and it has stuck around. Of course, there have been a number of groups since then that haven't helped the image. Think Ammon Bundy and the Montana Freeman who were actually just a bunch of Sov Cits.
My idea of "survivalist" is someone who has the knowledge to live off the land (or whichever situation you're in) with minimal or only the essential tools. I guess there are some negative connotations to survivalism.