Americans - and Americans ONLY - why do you own a gun. ?

[Anonymous]

I want more than "it's my right". If we wanted to simply do things based on a "right"

Then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

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2nd - I made the comparison to point out how STUPID people are saying it is "my right" to own a gun. Saying things are "my right" is like a child saying it is their right to eat cookies but never brush their teeth. Limited to no comprehension of potential harm. Many people who own guns actually hurt themselves or others by accident...

In the United States, it is "my right" to RUN YOU DOWN if you are jaywalking. There is NO LAW that says I have to stop. That was the point.

[TheorionMage]

Cars have the right of way, due to the physical right of their WEIGHT. And the physical limits of how far it takes them to stop. Even MORE SO of trains at road grade crossings. There's a REASON there are crossing gates, flashing lights and blaring locomotive horns! They ALL say: 'Can't stop abruptly!!!' SO... use common sense! Greater degree of care! I myself AM a former Veteran, former peace officer AND a CLASS III NFA Federal Firearms dealer and I own and collect a baker's dozen firearms for BOTH target shooting and defensive purposes BECAUSE society has not YET devised the means to test for BOTH sanity and maturity.

EVERY citizen has 'the right' to walk about un-assaulted. Yet bullies STILL exist!
No one WANTS to live in a police state and yet EVERYONE wants an amorphous 'society' to make their fellow citizens 'play nice'. Pointedly, "HOW?"...

Antisocial predators will FOREVER remain a problem. Countries with draconian firearms laws STILL have mass casualties with edged weapons, ... in prisons with IMPROVISED weapons and under many instances employing motor vehicles and re-purposed agricultural chemicals for 'ampho' and Serin gas.

It has been written, "God made all humankind, but Col. Colt made them potentially EQUAL".
REAL WORLD incidents have shown, current 'shooters' are no longer concerned with themselves SURVIVING their carnage. THEY EXPECT 'DEATH BY COP'. Therefore, the MOST that can be accomplished is to LIMIT their harm as expediently as circumstances permit.

NONE of this "he am a poo boy who lubs his mamma and singing in the choir on Sundays"

Most often, he's an angry little shit, who KNOWS his own shot at fame to be remembered is through INFAMY.
The MORE heineous, the bigger the societal 'spash'. He abuses his right and your's.

FOUR times in my line of duty, I've NEVER fired the FIRST shot, but HAVE fired the LAST one! (Yes, I got wounded) Male / Female (rarely), young or old, white, black, native American, Latino, Southeast Asian is immaterial. Their gun does ONLY what it was TOLD to do... JUST AS MINE DID. It is JUST a force-multiplying 'tool'. A lead projector.~ I sleep well at night BECAUSE in the time my Assailant allowed ME, I allowed them to make a DIFFERENT choice! They chose NOT to... so I DID as needs must. Lives were saved~

[Lliam]

You're assuming that owning a gun gives one the right to shoot innocent people and that owning a car gives you the right to run over people and animals for the fuck of it. But that's not the case.
Go ahead. Run over a pedestrian and see what happens.

My dad gave me my first gun for my 16th birthday. It was a Ruger 10/22, semiautomatic rifle.
Guns teach caution, discipline, responsibility, respect, technical skill and knowledge, and hand eye coordination. It's the same as owning and operating potentially dangerous machines like power saws.

I became really good at trap shooting, as well as target shooting with both rifles and handguns. It's fun. I even reloaded my own 12 gauge shotgun and.44 mag ammo.

And just like having a fire extinguisher in case of fire even though you hope to never need it, I also have a gun just in case. Guns are useful tools, just like cars.

In the end, I have guns because I want to. I don't have to justify that.

Since the founding of this country, self defense has been considered a natural, self evident, unalienable right. Every creature has that right. The second amendment in our Bill of Rights does not grant the right to bear arms, it is a prohibition against the government infringing on that right. Also, Americans are sovereign citizens, not loyal subjects.

[Asker]

ROFL. No law that pedestrians right of way on the road except a crosswalk. If you are jaywalking & get run over, you're at fault for being an idiot. Many areas have tickets & more for jaywalking morons.

So then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

[Subarugirl]

@BlackBeauty90 that’s not how it works, don’t delude yourself by trying to imply that it does. As Lliam stated You're assuming that owning a gun gives one the right to shoot innocent people and that owning a car gives you the right to run over people and animals for the fuck of it. But that's not the the case. Unless it’s in sec defense it’s illegal to intentionally hit someone with your car just as it is to shoot someone with a gun…..

[Snsl153]

A question for "Americans" only? Go create your own version of GAG for that! This here is for EVERYONE!
Anyway, I'll answer your question, even though I'm not a Yank. Those who feel the need to own a firearm or two (or have an entire arsenal of them) are deficient, impotent and inadequate. They're trying - desperately trying - to compensate for a certain part of their anatomy, an appendage they believe is too small. They're like little boys who have been humiliated by a big, butch girl in the school playground, and now feel the need to convince everyone around them that they're no longer the cry-baby they were back then.

[Asker]

I asked for Americans to prove what you are saying. If you scan the responses here or elsewhere about guns it is very obvious that the more unreasonable the pro-gun totter the lower their intelligence. Having a gun for protection in a bad neighborhood where you may get broken into is one thing. Having a gun because you can is both stupid and childish.

Scientists should really do a study to see if there is a correlation between low intelligence/comprehension and gun ownership.

[Snsl153]

Okay. My mistake. I've seen some of the responses here, and you're right, the people who wrote them obviously have low IQ's.

[Asker]

Seriously.

I posted the comparison between the "right" to own a gun and the "right" to run someone over - which is in ways legal if a jaywalker; that's why no law says jaywalkers have the right of way - to indicate how stupid and childish people saying it is their "right" to own a gun is. Unfortunately the vast majority of people who responded don't have any great levels of intelligence or comprehension.

There was one fool who said I wasn't clear in what I was asking when I'd been asking the same question for three or four responses. It was only when I called them stupid & wrote in capitals they seemed to understand part of what I was saying.

[vald9inches]

@Snsl153 What country are you from beautiful?

[Asker]

@vald9inches None of your business what country's she's from. Most countries look at you Americans in the same sense. Dumbasses with low IQ.

[vald9inches]

@Asker trust me I completely agree with you on this lol I hate how most Americans are so dumb and completely brainwashed and enslaved! Especially Republicans!!! America the way it is now is so fucking uncivilized it's disgusting! It's impossible to live in America without being in debt. everyone is too damn greedy and only thinks about themselves and because of that we don't have universal healthcare or education or housing!! Also there is pretty much zero or laughable public transportation and nothing is convenient! But it one of the rare few things I do agree with them about is gun ownership in America. Until we destroy these corrupt politicians and corporations that have taken over our country we will need guns. If America was more Socialist and civilized like other countries then we wouldn't need guns and I would gladly give up my gun rights

[Asker]

@vald9inches Says the guy who just last week was calling police pigs, etc. for not allowing parents to go into the Texas high school. Take your medication.

[vald9inches]

I am confused so are you defending the American police that let 20 children died on their watch for an entire hour while the killer was free to kill those children without a single cops stopping him?

[vald9inches]

I dont understand the American police have more guns than anyone in the country so are you for guns or against?

[Asker]

@vald9inches No. Your claims that you are for gun control, etc. is a bunch of nonsense is what I am saying. What when in that police video you had you were going on parents with guns should've dealt with it.

[Asker]

@vald9inches And unlike the average idiot the police are trained on how & when to use their guns properly. There have been so many people in this post saying they have guns because they can or for protection when they can not validate any legitimate need it's pathetic.

[FunkyMonkee]

You're BOTH stupid and childish!! Stay where you are!! We DON''T want you, here! Besides, we just might be so gun happy that we'll shoot you!

[Aerissa_Jade]

What amendment says you have the right to even drive a car on public property. Sure you have the right to own property but not on use it on public property, thus there is no right to run over jay walkers, even though it would be nice to allow that.

[Aerissa_Jade]

I'll add to it that police are an hour away from me, every time I've ever called. It dates a deputy that long to get out, rural America and all. I don't feel like asking a criminal to wait an hour until police get here.

Oh and the SCOTUS has ruled in several cases that police have no legal obligation to protect anyone, thus it is our own job to protect ourselves.

Since the US government can't secure the southern border, outlawing guns would only make people get them illegally. Guns are already the #2 trafficked item across the border after drugs, outlawing them might make it #1.

In a perfect world they'd be able to seal the border 100% and no illegal guns would come across and then we can talk about not needing them anymore.

[hahahmm]

Think you're confused about the law. If you intentionally run some random person over with your car you're breaking multiple laws. It's a form of assault. The people who handle enforcement of that law aren't the same people who check cars for parking violations.

Anyhow, the reason why people say, "It's my right to own a gun" is because they're tired of trying to have conversations with unreasonable people who don't see the hypocrisy of not banning cars (more people are killed by cars each year than by guns) and the fact that there's a constitutional right to have a gun but not to having a car.

The main reasons why I own guns is for self-defense. I don't trust the cops to 1.) Show up in time to prevent bad things from happening, 2.) To care about whether they shoot the wrong/right person as much as I care, 3.) to not hassle me to a ridiculous degree at random times. I also remember what happened in the Hurricane Katrina disaster when the cops holed up in a police station and refused to help anybody. Even shooting long distance at random people they didn't even warn.. out of fear. Lot of people died from that. So my advice is, if the government tells you to go left, you go right if you want to live.

[Asker]

ROFL. No idiot you aren't familiar. There is no law that says jay walkers have the right of way. Most states will say you getting run over is 50% at fault, as a minimum

[hahahmm]

The legal system looks at intent. If you intentionally run over someone with your car it's assault and/or attempted murder, idiot. If you accidentally run someone over with your car in many states it's no fault. Even in states that decided to pass laws to make it easier to run over protestors standing in the street made sure the law says it has to be unintentional. Next.

[Phoenix98]

1# Because it is my right to own one if I want. It’s an unalienable right at that. And if you wanna go in depth as to why and the reasons we can.

2# Personal protection because cops always show up after the crime has happened. Never while it’s happening and packs of coyotes and other potentially dangerous wild animals are a things around here. So are meth and crack heads and drug dealers. And I’d rather have a weapon and never need to use it then not have one and need it.

3# because they are fun to shoot at a range it’s enjoyable. And I just like firearms how they work, different calibers, their history, etc.

4# Hunting

5# Because I want to and I can and I don’t require your or really anyone’s permission to do so.

also your little vehicle example is a straw man argument.

Also driving and owning a vehicle or any form of transportation is a luxury and a privilege not a right let’s get that straight.

[Asker]

And there's no law that gives pedestrians right of way on the road except a crosswalk.

So then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

[Phoenix98]

Like I said straw man argument.

If your gonna just repeat yourself like a parrot instead of defending your position with valid points then don’t reply.

And no it’s not your right to run innocent people over. Here’s why.

1# you’d be committing murder and man slaughter.

2# having a license, owning a vehicle and driving are not rights they are privileges and luxuries.

Driving is not a right and has no rights associated with it it’s a privilege. And by extension your “right” to run people doesn’t exist.

But you would be breaking the laws you agreed to uphold and follow to obtain your privilege of driving.

So if you wanna run someone over go for it but have fun either living in a cell or being banned from owning and operating a vehicle for the rest of your life.

I would seriously hope that your not so stupid as to believe that the right of way is an actual constitutional right. Because it isn’t.

Either way this debate is over you’ve lost. Go parrot somewhere else.

[MysticDevice]

*mic drop*

Round over. Phoenix - 1 Anon -0

[exitseven]

The police have been defunded in my area and when I was home recovering from surgery my next door neighbor's house was broken into. It could have just as easily been my house. With all the junkies and BLM types running around loose and we have a US Attorney that is against prosecuting real criminals and is spending her time trying to prosecute a small city because she feels the government in not diverse enough. Plus I do not know how much longer firearms will be able to be purchased. A couple of months ago I bought a 6 shot hand gun and a pump shotgun. I have a friend who runs a training facility for law enforcement and I went there for training for a couple of weeks. I do not plan on carrying them around and keep them in a safe. I just want to be able to protect myself in case of trouble.

[lightbulb27]

I grew up with guns.. bb, pelet, 22. It's not a big deal, we had them for fun, and defense. What I have was my brothers who is no longer alive, a momento. It might scare someone off... if I could get to it in time.

I would buy a more serious arm for home defense but not accepted in the family. I don't feel I need a concealed carry or one in the car, I think guns generally create escallation and risk most of the time. Rare occasions, you need one (like this texas situation).

My relative owns guns for hunting.
Another relative bought AR-15 because home was invaded and wanted to be prepared if happens again.

In general, they are not needed but rare occasions. I've never actually needed to defend myself... yet.

[FunkyMonkee]

No, darlin', PEDESTRIANS have the right of way!! That's probably the FIRST thing they teach you when you learn to drive!! I don't even HAVE a license and I know that!! Where did you get your license (or DO YOU have one?), the Genghis Khan school of driving? Remind me never to come to YOUR country!!
We have the right to own guns mostly to protect ourselves from any tyrannical governmental regime we might have in charge, like the one we have right now!! The 2nd Amendment wasn't created so we could go out hunting, it's there to give US the power to have people like Joey, nutty Nancy, Hitlary and the rest, removed from office by force, if need be!! And WHY no one's bothered to do that, yet, is beyond me unless it's just that they just don't know that THAT'S why we HAVE the 2nd!
Take a look at all the dictatorships! One of the FIRST things they do is have all the guns taken away from their people so they have no power to fight back!! Just like what they're trying to do here, now!!

[Asker]

ROFL. No idiot you aren't familiar. There is no law that says jay walkers have the right of way. Most states will say you getting run over is 50% at fault, as a minimum

[FunkyMonkee]

Okay, dipshit!! You go right ahead and run someone over intentionally and see how fast you end up in jail for man-slaughter!!

[MTC29]

Self defense. The police are public servants who are under no legal obligation to protect, much less defend, anyone. Now I admit to living in an extremely safe community, but trouble makers and agitators have no respect for boundaries: they get into cars and take there protests on the road, including into areas (like my own) where no one gives a shit about what they are crying over.

Self defense aside, the shooting range is great place to spend a few hours in the mornings with friends, and gun collecting (M1 Garands in my own case) is a great hobby.

[Anonymous]

Because I spent 10 years in the military. I love shooting them. It brings back memories of just being on the range w friends in the corps shooting. I have some for protection because response time of the police even though we live less than a mile from the precinct is atrocious. It’s a hobby, I love the feel of it. The kickback of it, the sound of it, the smell of the gun powder early in the morning on a cold day. I like it for competition as far as between my friends and I. Seeing if you’ve still got that touch, to be able to hit a target at a far distance w iron sights. Also for hunting. My father-in-law loves to hunt so does his wife so it’s a bonding thing.

[Zbrody1997]

I don’t own a gun however as I’m soon to be ex military I would for many reasons, hunting being one, sure I’ve never been but I want to now I could go with a bow but a gun is just so much easier and convenient, the second reason is protection, now don’t get me wrong a baseball bat is effective but if you intend to do me or my family harm you have no value for your own life I don’t want to take a life but my life and the lives of those I love are the most valuable things to me and if it came down to you or me I’m gonna pick me every time you are the aggressor you had the dishonor and disrespect to intrude on me you deserve what ever happens to you.

[NamerOfStars]

Please tell me what law states you're allowed to recklessly operate moter vehicles. I'll wait. Do you think it's cute to misuse stupid examples because they both use the word "right"? Even though the law unambiguously says that it's PEDESTRIANS who have the right of way?

Troll competently, please.

[Goforit1010]

I was thinking the exact same thing! I'd upvote you 100X if this thing would allow it!

[BlackBeauty90]

@NamerOfStars - are you a complete idiot? In NO state does ANY law say that PEDESTRIANS have the right of way except on a crosswalk. That is WHY tickets for jaywalking exist.

When you are JAYWALKING - which is what the asker is describing - YOU are RESPONSIBLE for OBEYING the LAWS of the road and the LAWS of the road MEAN VEHICLES HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY.

[BlackBeauty90]

@Goforit1010 @NamerOfStars - are you a complete idiot? In NO state does ANY law say that PEDESTRIANS have the right of way except on a crosswalk. That is WHY tickets for jaywalking exist.

When you are JAYWALKING - which is what the asker is describing - YOU are RESPONSIBLE for OBEYING the LAWS of the road and the LAWS of the road MEAN VEHICLES HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY.

[BlackBeauty90]

@NamerOfStars & @Goforit1010 - you must have been BORN STUPID.

Pedestrians may cross, but they must yield the right of way to vehicles and cyclists.
Relating to jaywalking - Several municipalities have enacted regulations and/or by-laws that restrict when a pedestrian may cross a roadway.

Does that, in your pea sized brains, sound like pedestrians have the right of way? How STUPID are you?

[Pudsmucker]

I have been brought up with guns in the house. Guns are used for providing meat for your family. I spent 31 years in the military and I was taught more about weapons for protection. I love the smell of gunpowder. I was arranged safety for 15 years out of the 31 years this military service. The second amendment gives me the right to bear arms for the protection of my homeland. It allows me to protect my home and family against the nut that decides to go berserk on society. Because he got his feelings hurt it does not give him the right to punish people or kill people. He's abused that right.. I have a high school Chum more than 50 years past that abused that right, he abused a person he loved. And he was sent to prison because of abuse. He no longer have weapons for hunting in his home. There are laws that protect people and their family members. Some people take the law into their own hands. Because they got their freaking feelings hurt. Weapons are fun to use if used properly.

[Juxtapose]

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[Asker]

So I CAN run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends and yourself with my car. I mean BY LAW except certain situations VEHICLES have the RIGHT OF WAY and people in the middle of the road better learn how to dodge.

[Juxtapose]

No, pedestrians have the right away. Get your facts straight.

[Asker]

@juxtapose - quite the law mongrel. Only on crosswalks does that exist. jaywalking, you're fucking fair game.

[KrakenAttackin]

Asker... "Right of way" does allow you to run over cats, dogs, and even people if they weren't crossing In a crosswalk or were crossing in an unreasonable fashion.

[Juxtapose]

Blind pedestrians with a cane or guide dog are ALWAYS given the right-of-way.

[Asker]

@juxtapose - ROFL. Under what law? NO law. So by rights if someone was to hit them with their car and they're jaywalking... pedestrians are 100% at fault.

[KrakenAttackin]

Asker, what is your larger point?

[Juxtapose]

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[Fuentes]

I think we should this theory on Anon and see what comes of it, she just needs to sign on the dotted line that if we run her over she can't sue

[Asker]

@Fuentes Then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

[Lliam]

@asker. Go ahead and exercise your "right" and see what happens. LOL

[Asker]

@Lliam ROFL. No law that pedestrians right of way on the road except a crosswalk. If you are jaywalking & get run over, you're at fault for being an idiot. Many areas have tickets & more for jaywalking morons.

[Juxtapose]

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[Asker]

Yes it is your right to be seriously stupid and of low intelligence.

I posted the comparison between the "right" to own a gun and the "right" to run someone over - which is in ways legal if a jaywalker; that's why no law says jaywalkers have the right of way - to indicate how stupid and childish people saying it is their "right" to own a gun is.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of people who responded don't have any great levels of intelligence or comprehension.

There was one imbecile here, as a good example, who said I wasn't clear in what I was asking when I'd been asking the same question for three or four responses.

It was only when I called them stupid & wrote in capitals they seemed to understand part of what I was saying.

That's how low intelligence the responders have been to this post. And kindly proved that most pro gun totters are not intelligent.

[Juxtapose]

You don't even understand how traffic laws work. I'm done wasting my time with you.

[HighValue]

Self defense (there may be too many people to fight off on my own physically, or if I am sick one day and not as capable to defend myself that day).
Also to defend myself against the government if they ever come to my door to force a vaccine on me.

[HighValue]

And having a CCW is for if there are violent criminals in public trying to attack me, or rioters, or when I go riding my bike if there is an aggressive wild animal.

[Asker]

And what sort of gun do you have. How many guns.

[HighValue]

Different types for different purposes. Multiple handguns, multiple rifles and shotguns.
I like to keep one loaded handgun in each room of my house all the time so no matter where I am, if someone breaks in I will be armed.

[HighValue]

The crime waves and riots in 2020 and 2021 got me to purchase more firearms and ammunition than I had before. I spent an extra $5,000 to $6,000 on weapons during that time.

[Asker]

And when was a house in your neighborhood last broken into requiring potential gun intervention by the houseowner? I ask as I have met Americans who quote crimes five states over for their guns.

[HighValue]

I live in California. I won't tell the city where I live, but there are multiple home invasions and murders here every year. Last month there were 3 home invasions in my city that I know of.

[HighValue]

This site will give you a better idea of how common different crimes are here if you take the time to search through it.
https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr

[HighValue]

The statistics tend to be posted a couple years behind so much of the violent crime waves across the USA from 2020 and 2021 won't show up in statistics yet.

[altdbob]

First off, pedestrians ALWAYS have the right of way EVEN when they are breaking the law. Just try running one over and see if you don't get a ticket (or worse).

Now to the question about guns. I enjoy target shooting. I enjoy hunting. I like the fact that if you try to run me over while I am in my yard or on a sidewalk, I can shoot you dead for trying to kill me. I will defend myself and others with the gun I legally possess and have a license to carry.

Sorry if you take my statement personally but you are the one who said you wanted to run things down with your car.

[Asker]

ROFL. No law that pedestrians right of way on the road except a crosswalk. If you are jaywalking & get run over, you're at fault for being an idiot. Many areas have tickets & more for jaywalking morons.

So then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

[altdbob]

Tell you what, Come try and run me down and see which one of us is worse off in the end.

[Asker]

@altdbob - you. You're dead. Against a 2 ton truck, you're a pancake.

[Shamalien]

You don’t understand rights at all, no wonder this is confusing for you. A right is an action which does not cause harm to others. Owning a gun for self defence is a right. Shooting innocent people or running them over in your car is not. If someone is pointing a gun at you and saying “get out of the car” then you can run them over, or shoot them, whatever puts down the threat of violence. Hope this clears things up

[Asker]

Owning a gun can and does cause, idiot. Or are you so stupid you sort of miss the news on shootings?

Then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

[Blackcosmo]

Some people abuse the use of guns but others use it for self defence because they aren't evil.

[Lliam]

@asker. You're actually retarded; incapable of rational thought.

[Asker]

@Lliam ROFL. No law that pedestrians right of way on the road except a crosswalk. If you are jaywalking & get run over, you're at fault for being an idiot. Many areas have tickets & more for jaywalking morons.

[Asker]

@Lliam Actually I am very intelligent. Unfortunately, most of the responders are simply too stupid to make the connection in what I am saying.

[Blackcosmo]

What your saying actually sounds like your insane. Someone who has a gun but doesn't use it to harm others for no reason doesn't give you the right to kill them. Only those who use it to hurt people for no reason need to be in jail for life or something.

[JamesDiaz11]

The same reason I own a Tesla, instead of a Chevy, because I think it's cool. I don't feel especially in danger, and I don't carry it with me in public, but I like sports shooting- it's fun. This is all the reason I need, since the right has already been established.

[dynamicyandere]

I don’t own a gun, yet. But, I plan to purchase one eventually. Why? Self defense. If I have an armed killer or rapist in my home, I need something to defend my loved ones. Even if I called the police, they may take half an hour to arrive at the scene. I don’t want the police to find me dead and my wife raped.


Who’s going to need to protect my family before the policy arrive? Me. And, I’d rather have my own gun if the home invader has a gun already.

[dynamicyandere]

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[humanearth]

To keep government from over reaching its authority.

I believe if we didn't have guns, we would be a communist or dictatorship

See every gun control law is a volition of our second amendment

So they are about to take guns away from us. And there is going to be civil war and genocide

Its going to be the worst war of all wars

[MysticDevice]

I've had too many close calls with unsavory characters ans I legit don't feel safe in public at times.

And to make our leaders think twice before trying to deny us our basic rights because yes, they do try and do this way more than you'd realize.

And finally, the wildlife in North America is actually dangerous. Bears, cougars, wolves, cyotes, gators and such can EASILY kill you.

[Anonymous]

Statistics say AR15 owners have small penisis. Agree?

[Massageman]

I'm sorry that you missed that day in 5th grade when they explained the Constitution. And as far as I know, there is NOT an amendment giving you the (supposed) "right" to mow over those with whom you disagree.

[Asker]

You dumbass Americans think the Constitution is law. And there's no law that gives pedestrians right of way on the road except a crosswalk.

So then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

[Avicenna]

Uh, the Constitution is the highest law. And that seems to be difficult for anonymous foreigners to get.

[Massageman]

Last bandwidth I'm wasting on you - the Constitution is the immutable framework basis from which our "law system" is based. In most places, yes, there is not a law that gives pedestrians the right-of-way unless in a "protected zone" (crosswalk, etc) of some sort. Likewise, there is no law that give others the right to drive over people at their whim. Of course, if a pedestrian slips up and crosses a street in the middle of the block, common sense on the part of the driver would indicate that they should not make matters worse and add MORE violations on top of the original. But, you obviously won't have to worry about that since you don't have any.

[LazerBean]

So that if someone breaks into my house I'm not just sitting helpless in a corner.

[Asker]

And how often has that happened in your neighborhood.

[LazerBean]

Not relevant considering it only takes it happening once for me to be dead or raped.

[Lliam]

I have fire extinguishers in my house even though I've never had to use them either. Does that make me paranoid?

[Asker]

@Lliam No but it proves you're stupid. Who compares something that can happen any time (a fire) to a situation that may never occur (a break in) and think it's comparable. Americans are stupid people

[Lliam]

You truly are dim witted, aren't you.

[FunkyMonkee]

@Lliam These are the people the government LOVES because they are so EASILY manipulated and controllable!! So incredibly stupid, they can be brainwashed by a commercial on t. v.!!

[Lliam]

@FunkyMonkee. Gasp! Are you saying that politicians and paid actors who read news off of teleprompters are untrustworthy? Say it ain't so. 🤣🤣🤣

[FunkyMonkee]

@Lliam No, it's twue!! It's vewy twue!! Honest injun!

[Staximus]

I used to work nights at a gas station. My brother was robbed there at gunpoint before I worked there. People would try to set the place up to be robbed. I also would deal with fucked up drug addicts all night. It's already illegal for them to carry guns but laws don't stop bad people. I figured if they are going to shoot at me, I should be able to shoot back and it was legal for me to be armed in a private business. I'm not going to be a coward and just let some piece of shit kill me.

[bamesjond0069]

For protection? I've used a gun to stop someone attempting to commit a crime before. Simply aiming at the man he ran away. So its definitely useful. I should be able to feel safe at night and unless you plan to pay for me to have an armed security detail everywhere I go, i will be armed myself.

[Sixgunsound]

The people who make anti gun laws have armed security that we are paying for. I guess they are somehow more equal than we are.

[Sixgunsound]

You actually do not have the right of way in a powered vehicle first of all. Pedestrians have more ‘rights’ than anyone else on the road, and all others must defer to them.

[Asker]

ROFL. No law that pedestrians right of way on the road except a crosswalk. If you are jaywalking & get run over, you're at fault for being an idiot. Many areas have tickets & more for jaywalking morons.

So then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

[Anonymous]

Not American but I'm an elected official in a country where we have good gun regulations; and after receiving death threats due to my position I applied for and started to carry a gun for personal safety.
I don't see why Americans all feel the need to carry guns as normal citizens, since they live in a safe country; whereas I'm threatened by criminals and rebels just for serving my own.

[MysticDevice]

If I may, I'd just like to clear a few misconceptions up that I see here.

It's not as safe here as one might think. We get crime and violence just like everywhere else. America is an enormous area and the government only gives the illusion of power and safety.

In the majority of the communities it is up to the individual citizens to protect themselves. Not just from criminals but from wildlife as well.

We also did in fact used to be a subjugated coutry, and we're not exactly very keen on that happen again.

[FunkyMonkee]

NOT ANYMORE!! Have you SEEN the shit going on in Chicago, Portland, Philly, New York and other places the past few years? Plus all the shitloads of illegals flooding over the border!! We are FAR FROM safe, thanks to Joey!!!

[jasco]

Because people are dangerous, their are many ways to kill people without guns. Knives, posion, bombs. People are dangerous and unlike with super heros. I am incapable defending myself against so many people. I need something to act as a equalizar and that's what guns are for

[msc545]

Oh, you know, in case the government pisses me off and I have to teach it a lesson by "overthrowing it". Oh wait... they have an Army and missiles, and.. just wait, please. I'm going to buy food and books instead of doing cosplay with guns like a fucking idiot.

[Sixgunsound]

If I might make a suggestion, kindly read the history of Stalingrad or other Soviet vs German battles on the Eastern Front in WWII. The overwhelmingly technologically superior German army lost to the overwhelmingly numerically superior Soviets, some of whom weren’t even armed until they killed a German and took his stuff. The Soviets who “cosplayed with guns like fucking idiots” deleted enough of the Wehrmacht to shave years off the war. Today, the Ukrainians who “cosplay with guns like fucking idiots” are curb stomping an overwhelmingly technologically superior first world military. I suggest you stop demonstrating your education or mental abilities and actually buy some books instead of just trolling online about it. Thanks for playing🤣🤣🤣

[msc545]

@Sixgunsound Gee, how long was that battle you rattled on about? Almost 100 years? Of course, everything was *exactly the same* then as is now, right? You think maybe the climate had anything to do with the outcome as every history book contends? Enjoy your fantasies, moron.

[Sixgunsound]

Thank you for admitting you have no substantive argument by making a personal attack. Feel free to try again when your maturity level or academic abilities improve👍

[TheMajesticKing777]

If someone walks into my house with a gun which happens here, I want a gun to shoot the intruder, it's simple really and in my state I got castle law, once they break an entry into my home I can use lethal forth to protect my household and family.

[TheMajesticKing777]

Force*

[spartan55]

Because if a violent criminal decides to commit a violent crime against myself or my son I want to be able to stop that threat.

[Asker]

And what sort of gun do you have. How many guns.

[spartan55]

Two 9mm semi auto handguns, a 38 special revolver, and a 12 gauge home defense shotgun.

[Asker]

Can I ask, why the semi automatics. I've always wondered at the rationale behind buying them.

[spartan55]

A semi automatic fires one round for every pull of the trigger. A semi auto chambers a new round after a round is fired. Semi auto magazines can hold from 6 to 19 rounds depending on caliber and the gun.

[Asker]

I know what semis are. I meant why do you need them

[spartan55]

As opposed to what? A single shot musket ala the Civil War?

[Asker]

Dumbass. A smith & western police revolver as example. Uneducated.

[spartan55]

Excuse me bitch? I have a revolver. It still rotates the next round ready for fire, effectively making it the same as a semi auto DUMBASS... you really want to try me on gun knowledge?

[Asker]

@spartan55 - man you are a special sort of stupid. I asked why do you need a semi automatic and not a conventional pistol like a smith & western. Can you answer it, idiot

[spartan55]

"conventional pistol" coming from Miss I'm So Smart... that's a term you just made up.
First of all, it's Smith and WESSON, not western. Second, revolvers and semi autos are only different in the way the round is fed into the chamber. (rotating cylinder v magazine) Last, I didn't 'need' a semi auto, I preferred it for several reasons. My revolver has certain advantages that mostly are related to overall size and weight of the handgun and how concealable it is.
Revolvers typically hold 5-6 rounds and take longer to reload.

[Anonymous]

My father was a hunter and I was raised to hunt (I don't care for it). When my father died I got all his guns. I gave most of them to my brother-in-laws. My father was a cop to. I really only kept his service revolver. But I really don't use it eirher, just upkeep it. So beyond my upbringing I'm not a gun person.

[kong7]

This is really no longer a gentle society, a society with citizens who value honesty, integrity, a work for their own things. And there is so much rage and DISILLUSIONMENT amongst too many factions. So, for many it has become a feasible way to stand fast before the hell-bent hurters.

[OldWorldOrder]

I own fighting rifles so that I can subjugate or remove enemy troops and assist Russian & Chinese occupation forces in the upcoming civil conflicts on this continent. :)

[Asker]

ROFL. Chinese & Russian peasants won't even realize you exist. The soldiers would use you for shooting practice.

[OldWorldOrder]

You are a very ignorant and pig-headed person. You know very little about the world.

[Avicenna]

That’s a bs strawman. Most people have them for protection or for hunting.

[BeMuse]

The poster is mentally retarded. Regardless of what is written, it would not understand it.

[Asker]

More to the reality you're just too stupid to put 2 + 2 = 4.

[Asker]

Yes it is your right to be seriously stupid and of low intelligence.

I posted the comparison between the "right" to own a gun and the "right" to run someone over - which is in ways legal if a jaywalker; that's why no law says jaywalkers have the right of way - to indicate how stupid and childish people saying it is their "right" to own a gun is.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of people who responded don't have any great levels of intelligence or comprehension.

There was one imbecile here, as a good example, who said I wasn't clear in what I was asking when I'd been asking the same question for three or four responses.

It was only when I called them stupid & wrote in capitals they seemed to understand part of what I was saying.

That's how low intelligence the responders have been to this post. And kindly proved that most pro gun totters are not intelligent.

[BeMuse]

I have an IQ of 158 according to Raven's Progressive Matrices. Nice projection though. You're a typical low IQ narcissist presenting a perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

[BeMuse]

To expose how little you know about what you proclaim to be an expert of, I’ll point you to the concept of comparative fault. As a driver you are responsible to keep your eyes on the road and be aware of your surroundings. If you have the opportunity to avoid the accident, but you choose not to then you are partially responsible and can be held legally accountable. While the jaywalker is breaking the law and is responsible for their actions, so to are you in almost every state. Thus if you can break in time to slow down or change lanes to avoid the accident, then it is your responsibility to do so. If it is proven that you’re accelerating into civilians, even though they are jaywalking, you’re going to face the consequence unless circumstance permit you to do so in the event of for example rioters trying to force their way into your car or a carjacker trying to hold you up a gun point (in some states).

[BeMuse]

When you are permitted to use deadly force in self defense there is a little more leeway in some states. The circumstances of the situation are always considered. You don’t have a right to just run over people’s family members or livestock… There is no law that grants you that right. There is however assignment of responsibility based on intent. So if you were minding your own business driving down the street at the speed limit and some random person leaps of the sidewalk or an overpass in front of your car and surprises you, your intent wasn’t for him to get run over, thus you don’t hold responsibility for their injuries or death.

[BeMuse]

*off

[Subarugirl]

Lol you aren't very familiar with traffic rules are you...

I own a gun because it is a tool that I use to feed my family and if necessary protect them.

[Asker]

ROFL. No idiot you aren't familiar. There is no law that says jay walkers have the right of way. Most states will say you getting run over is 50% at fault, as a minimum

[Subarugirl]

@BlackBeauty90 apparently you aren’t familiar with the last clear change doctrine. The doctrine considers which party had the last opportunity to avoid the accident that caused the harm. Therefore, a negligent plaintiff may recover damages if they can show that the defendant had the last clear chance to avoid the accident. Not to mention that it is illegal to intentionally hit someone with your car….

[BlackBeauty90]

I love idiots like you. Just plain & simply absolutely useless. Too dumb to look up an easy law before sounding like a moron

From lawyers actual websites - they know law far more than you if you live to be 150 can ever hope.

>> It is possible for the pedestrian to be at fault, especially if the pedestrian was jaywalking or violating some other traffic rule.

It is against the law for a pedestrian to jaywalk, or walk on areas of a highway or road where pedestrian traffic is not permitted. Pedestrians must also obey traffic signals and signage where applicable, just like drivers.

If a pedestrian fails to follow these rules, and that failure plays a part in an accident, the pedestrian will probably be found at least partially at fault.

[Subarugirl]

@BlackBeauty90 sweetie…. That still doesn’t negate the fact that intentionally hitting a pedestrian with your car is very illegal….

[Counterclocking]

We don’t all own guns. However, guns are used for self protection and the second amendment says you have the right to own a firearm. Actually, the second amendment should be you have the right of self defense.

[vald9inches]

America is extremely corrupt and uncivilized the reason i own a gun is for the same reason why you would want to own a gun if your country is being invaded by Nazi Germany and there are soldiers with guns that want to take you a concentration camp.

[Sixgunsound]

Australia already beat us to it, but don’t think it can’t happen here. Ordinary Germans used to think the same thing, and we all know how that ended.

[Anonymous]

I don't, I am not allowed to. Even though I am a law abiding citizen; never threatened or stalked someone. Have a job that required an FBI background check and own a home. But because I have a mental disorder that makes me both more likely to be a victim of crimes and less likely to be a perpetrator my government says I don't have a right to protect myself.

[Sixgunsound]

Sounds like a government policy to me!

[KrakenAttackin]

Personal protection, hunting, sport shooting, and the last line of defense against a thoroughly corrupt government.

[Lyndsielee666]

I don’t 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m perfectly fine with my pepper spray and taser

[TheSpaceGnome]

Those have very short range.

[Lyndsielee666]

@TheSpaceGnome you act like I care

[TheSpaceGnome]

No, I act like you don't care, and I was right, you don't.

[Lyndsielee666]

@TheSpaceGnome wow you know me so well 🥲

[TheSpaceGnome]

I try.

[Juxtapose]

Damn he actually fucking nailed you with that reply.

[Lyndsielee666]

@Juxtapose time to go cry myself to sleep

[Juxtapose]

You can be sarcastic all you want but I'm still going to admire his genius.

[Lyndsielee666]

@Juxtapose bold of you to assume I’m being sarcastic.

[TheSpaceGnome]

@Lyndsielee666 Sorry to hear that, I wonder if there is a way to feel safer, hmm, oh well, maybe some brave, gun toating friend will protect you, stay safe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1NLQ-yYZAU

[Lyndsielee666]

@TheSpaceGnome my “brave gun toating friends” are in prison

[Asker]

@TheSpaceGnome Most situations she will find herself in require short-range, you idiot. What GOOD is a gun going to do her if she is attacked from someone hiding in bushes & has less than a minute to react?

[Asker]

@Juxtapose Most situations she will find herself in require short-range, you idiot. What GOOD is a gun going to do her if she is attacked from someone hiding in bushes & has less than a minute to react?

[Juxtapose]

You need a whole minute to react? Your draw time alone is supposed to be a single second.. that's why you were supposed to maintain 20 ft away from an assailant.

[Juxtapose]

*are supposed to

[TheSpaceGnome]

@Juxtapose Lol she said a minute. I think I've made my point, I'm done here.

[Juxtapose]

🤣 haha same here.

Cya around.

[Asker]

@Juxtapose Oh so you really are as stupid as you sound. If someone is ambushing you, you have no time to draw you fuckard. Whereas with pepper spray & taser you don't need time.

[Asker]

@TheSpaceGnome Oh so you really are as stupid as you sound. If someone is ambushing you, you have no time to draw you fuckard. Whereas with pepper spray & taser you don't need time.

[FunkyMonkee]

@TheSpaceGnome Why didn't she just use her pepper spray or taser?

[FunkyMonkee]

Well, you have to expect that when your friends are riff-raff.

[FunkyMonkee]

"Most situations she will find herself in require short-range, you idiot. What GOOD is a gun going to do her if she is attacked from someone hiding in bushes & has less than a minute to react?"
Pull out gun, aim, shoot!! Takes a second or 3! If he's hiding in the bushes, the bullet still finds him! The taser needs a clear open shot and will not go THROUGH the bush! The bush will help guard him against the pepper spray UNLESS he's immune to it!! (I saw a guy 2 years ago take a direct blast right in the eyes and not even blink!!) Then you could blast it right in his face and it won't stop him!! What's your next plan of action, throw all your money at him and then strip down and let him fuck you? Might as well, at that point!! The bullet will stop him immediately! No more worries!!

[Adronicus]

Protect the ones I love. How is gun control going to work when criminals don't follow laws? That's just leaving law abiding citizens vulnerable.

[joeldalton]

You dope, It's not your right to run people over or run over dogs and cats. Jesus christ. Milennials might be the stupidest generation we have.

[Asker]

ROFL. No idiot you aren't familiar. There is no law that says jay walkers have the right of way. Most states will say you getting run over is 50% at fault, as a minimum

[joeldalton]

lol, try running over a jaywalker and see what happens. Stupid bitch.

[Asker]

I know what's dumber than a lump of dogshit. Jay walker is considered 50% at fault, fucking idiot. You too stupid to know such basic laws?

[joeldalton]

Then try it and see what happens, shit for brains.

[Asker]

I love idiots like you. Just plain & simply absolutely useless. Too dumb to look up an easy law before sounding like a moron

From lawyers actual websites - they know law far more than you if you live to be 150 can ever hope.

>> It is possible for the pedestrian to be at fault, especially if the pedestrian was jaywalking or violating some other traffic rule.

It is against the law for a pedestrian to jaywalk, or walk on areas of a highway or road where pedestrian traffic is not permitted. Pedestrians must also obey traffic signals and signage where applicable, just like drivers.

If a pedestrian fails to follow these rules, and that failure plays a part in an accident, the pedestrian will probably be found at least partially at fault.

[joeldalton]

As i said, whore, try it and see

[RuthlessAggression]

I am for the 2nd amendment

I'm not for crazy people with a gun

I'm not crazy but I also don't own a gun. I don't want to

I'm a white, agnostic Jew

[Asker]

Then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

[RuthlessAggression]

People in machines, need to yield to people on the road

You're confusing rights, with priveleges

[RuthlessAggression]

privileges*

[Asker]

ROFL. No law that pedestrians right of way on the road except a crosswalk. If you are jaywalking & get run over, you're at fault for being an idiot. Many areas have tickets & more for jaywalking morons.

Maybe you should go back to elementary and most certainly diriving school as your intelligence is incredibly low. Appallingly if you are actually Jewish.

[RuthlessAggression]

You do know that vehicular homicide is more likely to be ticketed than jaywalking

I jaywalked and i only got a warning

sorry not sorry

[RealMarek]

Traffic “right of way” and human “right” are not the same thing,

[Asker]

ROFL. No idiot you aren't familiar. There is no law that says jay walkers have the right of way. Most states will say you getting run over is 50% at fault, as a minimum

[RealMarek]

You know that you have no right to run someone down just because they are jaywalking. You might not be liable in case of an accident, but if you intentionally it the person with a car you will end up in trouble. So the “right of way” is not equivalent to a human right.

[RealMarek]

*hit* the person

[TheSpaceGnome]

Owning a gun means you can defend yourself from assholes who also have guns. Why are you dumb?

[Asker]

And when was the last time anyone you know needed to, dumbfuck

[TheSpaceGnome]

Well considering all the shootings going on recently, I'd say it's a daily precaution.

Dumbfuck.

[Asker]

So in reality you're as safe as someone in Fort Knot and just as paranoid as a fruitloop. Thanks, moron.

[TheSpaceGnome]

That sentence doesn't even make sense lol.

[Asker]

It does actually moron. You didn't say if there have been any threats in your neighborhood. So for all I know the perceived threats you refer to are 5 states over & don't know you or your property exist.

[Asker]

Yes it is your right to be seriously stupid and of low intelligence.

I posted the comparison between the "right" to own a gun and the "right" to run someone over - which is in ways legal if a jaywalker; that's why no law says jaywalkers have the right of way - to indicate how stupid and childish people saying it is their "right" to own a gun is.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of people who responded don't have any great levels of intelligence or comprehension.

There was one imbecile here, as a good example, who said I wasn't clear in what I was asking when I'd been asking the same question for three or four responses.

It was only when I called them stupid & wrote in capitals they seemed to understand part of what I was saying.

That's how low intelligence the responders have been to this post. And kindly proved that most pro gun totters are not intelligent.

[TheSpaceGnome]

There have been both threats, and actual murders in every neighborhood I have lived in.

But even if they had been "5 states over", there have been shootings, wars, etc, where people have crossed state lines, country lines, and continental lines, so that line of thought you had doesn't even matter.

Your comparison between owning a firearm and running people over is fucking stupid, because killing people for no reason is not the same as just owning something.

Everything you have said thus far, has proven you're an idiot and and a troll, anything you say from this point on, is going to make so little sense, that it's not even worth responding to you to prove you wrong. Everyone with even a moderately working brain will already know you are wrong.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Oh, and one last thing, I've muted your post.

[bi-standard]

well many reasons for the many guns i own , i have 3 for hunting 308 12 guage and 22, i have 2 for home defense 40 cal and sawed off 12 guage and 2 for fuck around and find out

[Carolinacowboy]

Because i hunt and i have for protection as well, and its my right

[Texaskid1]

So I blast any fool that comes into my home to steal my hard earned shit.

That's why.

[Asker]

And when was the last time anything like that happened in your neighborhood.

[Texaskid1]

Any how it has happened in my area. In the US crime is very real. Break-ins do occur ; if you are lucky they will steal your TV and some jewelry and then sod off. But if not - they may do unspeakable things to you or your family. This is not the UK or Australia or Canada. I have traveled to large cities here in the US like Houston , Dallas , New York , Los Angeles, Miami etc. There are neighborhoods that you do not go into unless you are a cop with some serious back up. Understand that when it comes to crime the average criminal in the US is not going to attack you solo- no, no , no - these punks will surround you with several of their homies and kill you. I am 6'1 , weigh 235 lbs and keep in shape and have some martial arts training bit there is no way in hell I am going to take on more than one man at a time. This is where the gun comes in. Once you pull out your iron they scatter off like roaches when you turn on the light. The gun can save your life. Yes, you call the cops - but how long until the police get their? Five minutes , ten minutes? In an emergency situation even two minutes is an eternity. In two minutes you can be dead ten times over.

The gun is the first line of self defense when your life is at stake. The police come later.

[Asker]

Because if you're in a very safe neighborhood you're a paranoid freak.

[Texaskid1]

This is the US. There are no "safe neighborhoods"

[Asker]

@texaskid1 - if you think no neighborhoods are safe in the States you'd die within 5 minutes going to some of the other rougher countries in the world. Brazil for example. South Africa is hardly safe.

[nisnaia]

Because I live in the mountains and there are bears here.
Still agree there needs to be gun control.

[anylolone]

I'll own a gun when the money gets better. For protection.
Fortunately others in my family do it.

To be honest I always been a better shield than a spear, lol!

[nawtee_me]

I don't because I am a felon and can not have one. But if I could I would probably have about twenty of them. I happen to like guns and would collet them.

[Anonymous]

I have never owned a gun and never will, but then again, I am not an insecure coward.

[Fuentes]

Right so when a felonious crook robs your home i hope you lead him to where all the goods are abd hope ge doesn't attack you since you see self defense as "Insecure" LOL!!

[Asker]

@Fuentes Fuck off loser.

[Fuentes]

Says the old bat lol

[FunkyMonkee]

Sooo, what's your point? What does one have to do with the other?

[jimmy2]

Lol no it not a right to run over in the road but yes we have the choice to arm or not I not arm yet but it's look like food shortage are near so I might do that

[Asker]

And yet across the States and in Canada pedestrians have no right of way on the road unless a crosswalk. Maybe you should go back to driving school.

Then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

[jahaims]

I hunt, I like the challenge improving my skills at the range, gunsmithing is a hobby of mine, self defense, and I like collecting them.

[noohair]

Because, I create my own safe spaces where ever I go. I don't expect or force others to do what I do.

[OddBeMe]

Because other, more stupid americans, own them…as represented on this site.

[Asker]

ROFL. Very accurate. Some of the responses here and elsewhere about guns indicate that the people responding have rather low comprehension and intelligence.

[OddBeMe]

Im a bit scared how many would kill govt agents at the drop of a hat.

[Asker]

@oddbeme - the funny thing is, is such idiots would be sopping for those government agents whenever they need help. Much like the dumbass Americans in some towns who sought to defund the police and then wondered why transport truck drivers refused to enter for their own safety.

[Asker]

*sobbing

[lofii]

Self defense. Home invasions.

I doubt you could fight someone who was carrying a knife

[Asker]

Uh-huh. Knives are easy to deal with if you have a brain. Even a chair beats a knife.

[lofii]

Lol okay Rambo.

[mydadsbuyingmilk]

we only have it because of the burglars and for self protection. You can't use it for any other reasons at our house.

[Anonymous]

Just to have, I only use it for target practice and it’s just a small game rifle that I’ve had for over 40 years, it’s more for a hobby than anything else just to see how good I am with it for target practice , I don’t have any pistols

[Stevefiveo]

It comes in very handy against people that are trying to rob you. Also, against predatory animals.

[Asker]

And what sort of gun do you have. How many guns. Are you living in the country?

[Stevefiveo]

Just one 9mm. Suburbs. Coyotes are a common sight here.