Why do Americans need guns?

Ok just a thought but why do Americans need guns? is it cos they are insecure and feel the need to protect themselves at all times? or is it cos it gives them a sense of power? or are there any other reasons for the need to have guns?

I really don't understand. Being British & never having owned more dangerous a weapon than a Jean Phillipe carving knife I have no idea why you would want to own a gun. In all my years I have never felt the need to own a firearm or even entertained the mere thought. Why do you? Genuine question x

How many times do people have to answer your question before you get it??

So we don't end up like Egypt.

"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
-Thomas Jefferson

Obviously quite a few, so stop being rude & answer the question; or don't you have an answer?

If you are grabbed from behind, you have no chance to pull your gun out of your purse. K
Knowing where to hit your attacker gives you a fighting chance to run away or at least time to pull out the gun, but saying that just because you carry one you are safe is an idiotic response.

Ok just a thought but why do Americans need guns? is it cos they are insecure and feel the need to protect themselves at all times? or is it cos it gives them a sense of power? or are there any other reasons for the need to have guns?

Ah i see now, those poor defenceless kids are shit then? oh and those students ect ect ect.

Why does a Tiger need claws?

I guess so! Stop being an idiot and read the replies... Or do you only see what you want to see?

yes
we dont uderstand:

1. your speciality as a nation
(humanitarian intervention with guns?)
and
2. the individual fears leading to the need for a gun

this strange love to armory
all is ok out there ?
life anyone ?

i forgot, you are special
so you perhaps need the special outcomes from this
(your kids are shooting!)



i am pro life (without being special at anything)
&
i am pro world peace (without guns)

Good grief, no wonder you shoot each other. What idiocy.

I really don't understand. Being British & never having owned more dangerous a weapon than a Jean Phillipe carving knife I have no idea why you would want to own a gun. In all my years I have never felt the need to own a firearm or even entertained the mere thought. Why do you? Genuine question x
Just read above post. Essential liberty? How does that translate into arming oneself against nothing in particular?

You call it idiocy, we call it freedom. More kids are killed by cars every year, why not outlaw cars? You dumb ass Brits don't get it and we don't care. Why don't you worry about your own shitty country and stay out of our business?

I don't think the arguement of protecting ourselves from an oppressive government is valid anymore. What is a person with a rifle gonna do about a bomber jet? whats he gonna do about a smart bomb.

Some arguements that are still valid are:
1. Noone wants to invade a country where all the people own guns. Just ask former japanese commander in chief Isoroku Yamamoto.
2. The vast majority of gun owners use their weapons for non violent sport and hunting animals.
3.People can protect their homes and loved ones.
4. People collect them for their historical value and monetary value.
5. A lot of people are employed by gun manufacturing and sales.
6.Guns don't kill people by themselves
7.There will ALWAYS be other weapons
8.The people who commit gun crimes acquire their weapons through illegal means much of the time.
9. Making guns illegal will Promote organized crime, just like the futile "war on drugs" has produced violent millionaire criminals, they will just get more power once weapons are out of the hands of law abiding citizens.
10. the police and military aren't always right there to protect you.

The drivers, not the cars, the person who pulls the trigger, not the gun. Stop making excuses. Give someone a gun and you allow the capacity for bad decisions. For knee jerk reaction. Look at your last killing. A boy whose mother taught him how to shoot, who kept guns. Here he would have found it hard to find the means for such slaughter. It would have taken time not a moment of madness.

I don't think the arguement of protecting ourselves from an oppressive government is valid anymore. What is a person with a rifle gonna do about a bomber jet? whats he gonna do about a smart bomb.

Some arguements that are still valid are:
1. Noone wants to invade a country where all the people own guns. Just ask former japanese commander in chief Isoroku Yamamoto.
2. The vast majority of gun owners use their weapons for non violent sport and hunting animals.
3.People can protect their homes and loved ones.
4. People collect them for their historical value and monetary value.
5. A lot of people are employed by gun manufacturing and sales.
6.Guns don't kill people by themselves
7.There will ALWAYS be other weapons
8.The people who commit gun crimes acquire their weapons through illegal means much of the time.
9. Making guns illegal will Promote organized crime, just like the futile "war on drugs" has produced violent millionaire criminals, they will just get more power once weapons are out of the hands of law abiding citizens.
10. the police and military aren't always right there to protect you.

This site is run by Jason, a well known data gatherer & spyware bot. You are so bloody stupid it's frightening. Move forward people, get your life back!