most peoples' fear of guns is irrational. i personally don't own one, but i see it as a right. and looking back at history, only slaves are disarmed.

http://www.gunowners.org/fs0404.htm

Guns are used 2.5 million times a year in self-defense. Law-abiding citizens use guns to defend themselves against criminals as many as 2.5 million times every yearâ??or about 6,850 times a day.1 This means that each year, firearms are used more than 80 times more often to protect the lives of honest citizens than to take lives.2

guns are going to be used to protect a family or yourself far more many times than to kill. just because you hear a story of one nut job who kills someone or one kid who found a gun and used it, doesn't mean that's the norm.

if people were taught to use them and respect them, this wouldn't be a problem. not to mention, when you look at cities across the country that have enacted gun bans, you see the crime rates rise. it doesn't do anything to protect people. only governments who want slaves disarm you, it's never for your safety or because they care about you.

why people would willingly give up their guns given the history of such matters, only proves that history repeats.