Manly desire for freedom

I had a friend whose parents moved to a very rural place that was 45 minutes from anything. At the time I believed that was a poor and self-serving decision by her dad who got the place so he could hunt and shoot in his own backyard at the expense of huge fuel costs to get to work every day, making their kids inaccessible to friends, and damaging their vehicles on the miles of gravel roads. Well, again I came across another father that did the same thing, but not as far away and after the kids had moved out. I asked why. At first he cited that he wanted to be able to go outside and shoot and fish and not have someone telling him he can't burn brush when he wants to. He then said he really wanted freedom from regulations intended to keep people safe or undisturbed in suburba, but not in so many words. He then said that with that, he has to take security into his own hands-which is why he bought his wife a magnum pistol and has an advanced home security system. That feeling of freedom is worth the extra expense. I wonder what creates that spark of independence.