Why do people need guns?

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I know the second amendment is there but that's just for the federal government to follow. Why haven't state governments completely banned guns yet? What do people use them for? Take guns away from policemen too.

purplepoppy · Accepted Answer

A few people have legitimate reasons, those who hunt and those who need them as part of their job. The average person has no need for a gun and really shouldn't be allowed to have one.

Дерйа · Accepted Answer

Tbh I am happy that I don't live in a country where every 3rd citizen owns a gun. Thanks to god lol

ThisDudeHere · Answer

As a deterrent to the government becoming too autocratic.

Exterminatore · Answer

The Constitution is there to limit the power of the federal government. There is also the Bill of Rights which is the first 10 amendments of the Constitution which grant individual rights, the right to bear arms being one of those rights.

The two primary reasons the founding fathers wanted the right to bear arms was to 1. Enable the American citizen to resist its own government should it become tyrannical. 2. For the purposes of militias. At the time the Constitution was written the founding fathers preferred militias to a large standing professional army which one founding father referred to as “the bane of liberty” for national defense. The Militia act of 1792, which was federal law clearly stated that ALL free able bodied white males between the ages of 18 and 45 were considered part of the militia and the legislation further mandated they own a rifle, bayonet, powder horn and other essential military equipment.

Considering these facts I find it amazing some judges have managed to find leeway to limit gun ownership. We can read the statements of the men who wrote the Constitution and Bill of Rights and they clearly state they meant for all men to be armed and defined them as the militia. The Militia act of 1792 further exemplifies this as by law all able bodied men were mandated to own weapons and some basic military equipment. Some how these judges have managed to determine that’s not what the founding fathers meant at all and manage to rule in favor of laws that infringe on gun ownership, despite the numerous statements of the framers of the Constitution to the contrary in their own letters and writings and despite the fact there is legal precedence mandating gun ownership by the common man who is defined as the militia. Recently Texas and Iowa have gotten it right in favor of Constitutional Carry laws which is exactly how the founding fathers intended things to be.

Other purposes for owning firearms are clearly self defense, and sport for both target shooting and hunting.

Omario2049 · Answer

Questions like this is the reason I STRONGLY believe every American should be required to live in a 3rd world country for a year around their 18 or 21 birthday. The constitution asside, having autonomy over your own safety is EXTREMELY empowering. When your own personal safety is dependent on powers outside of ur own, it makes u docile and dependent. When u ban guns u're only banning guns from law abiding citizens, criminals don't abide by laws. Lemme u something, do u beleive the black market is a myth? Because that's where cocaine, meth and all the wide variety of illegal substances that are outright banned and yet they are so easily accessible. Do you think banning guns will be any different? Unless u are real good friends with Thanos in his prime and he can just snap them all out of existence allong with all knowledge of them, by banning guns the only thing u achieve is disarming law abiding citizens and arming criminals. Before coming to the USA I lived in a country where guns are illegal and only the policenand military is allowed to have them. Yet I have witness with my own two eyes one guy with a. 38 special with just 6 rounds terrorize and entire community of over 10,000 people. He would walk around and go into anyone's house he wanted, take whatever he wanted and rape whoever he wanted. He raped and little girl and her mother in front of the father and the father went insane that very day and hasn't recovered till this day. If people had firearms to defend themselves, do u beleive that would have happened? This is the reality for most of the Western world outside of the US.
Women are no physical match for men, a woman who is single and doesn't have a man in her corner whether her father or a romantic interest is extremely vulnerable. We discourage men from abusing this advantage they they have but not all men abide. So the only option a women has to defend against a male attacker is the great equaliser called a firearm. So in reality the biggest victim to banning guns is women. Which would set us back a couple hundred years in progress. Most people are reactionary and can't visualize the inevitable future outcome of a scenario. U have to experience in order to relate to it or even think it's possible. That's not a good way to operate a society.
The media and television never talk about how guns save lives and protect people because they need u I'm a perpetual state of panic to maintain ur attention so they can show u ads to sell u stuff. Don't beleive everything u see in the media and TV.
Since the beginning of time humans have be geniuses at figuring out how to kill each other, the gun is just one of many iterations. I've seen people kill with rocks and their bare hands. Rest assured the tool isn't the issue.
To just wrap this up quickly, if there's something that can give one man an advantage over another, u either give it to all or u give it to none. And being that u can't control it to that extent then don't limit it. Guns will come into America one way or the other, so make sure good people have access to them too.

MCheetah · Answer

1. Self defense (banning them won't stop criminals from getting them).
2. Protection against government tyranny (there's plenty of examples to look up of people holding off the government, including the Texas land grab and Sanctuary cities; even the January 6th storming of congress happened without guns and those were just a few dozen boomers).
3. Hunting.
4. Leisure.
5. Peace of mind.
6. Constitutionally protected.
7. To prevent crimes when the police can't save you.
8. To protect life (of others).
9. To protect property.

And no offense, but almost 100% of the time, the people who think the US doesn't need guns are the people who will never have to worry about protecting anything or anyone from danger. Whether that be liberal women or 140 lb Progressive males who have never had a bit of hardship a day in their lives. Almost every single time, the ones who complain about the US not needing guns have never been in a position to help or save anyone. Maybe the weakest members of society shouldn't be telling civilian police, security, and ex military they know more about protecting and saving people more than the people whose jobs it is to protect and save people. Just a thought.

Oh, and mine's is a Glock 13. Laser sight. (Back home, though. I'm overseas.)

Sargentcaptain · Answer

"I know the second amendment is there but that's just for the federal government to follow."

Do you not understand what the constitution is?

"Why haven't state governments completely banned guns yet?"

Because it's my right to own a gun.

"What do people use them for?"

Personally, sport and protection. Guns are really fun, I'd urge you to at least go to a range once and fire a couple of rounds. I go to the range about 2 times a month with couple of my friends and it's a hoot. As for protection, that's mostly against animals where I live. It's the countryside here, and my first neighbor is a coyote, he's followed by bears, wild boars, big cats and other things that you really don't want in your home.

"Take guns away from policemen too."

This is a monumentally stupid take. Firstly, you would not have cops anymore. The new ones would quit case they wanna protect themselves and the old ones are dead because they couldn't protect themselves. This situation would go down very differently without armed cops.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LRbUdQ85Vjw

"If you want to talk about the supremacy of the constitution why not mention the supremacy of the king of england."

Only a retard would think that a document that ensures your human rights are comparable to an unelected monarch.

rounddablock · Answer

If I could find a genie’s lamp and wish for every gun in the entire world to disappear I would do it. But banning guns in the USA is about as wishful thinking as that. There are more guns than people in this country.

Passing more gun control legislation just hurts the law abiding citizen plain and simple. No matter how much the government tries to intercede and melt down guns there are way too many guns in circulation. Criminals don’t give a rats ass about gun laws. They will have no problem getting armed.

Now I know we occasionally have examples of some true pos psychos out there who legally obtain guns than going on shooting sprees. Anyone who lost a loved one in those incidents would obviously have a different opinion on all of this. I can respect that sentiment given what happened.

But if you disarm law abiding citizens all you are going to see increased incidents of emboldened (usually armed) criminals burglarizing homes and cars. There were be more incidents of homicides and an overall higher death toll to innocent people.

I own two handguns. I hope I never have to use them. But if someone breaks into my house I would 1) call the police 2) yell at them to gtfo 3) put a fully loaded magazine in my sig. should he entire my room he’s going to get a hot lead as a warm welcome.

Now that day might never come. But I rather be armed and never need to use my gun vs. not being armed and having to need it in that moment.

Also last but not least I find it incredibly asinine that the same people who want gun control are also all about “defund the police.” Not saying the QA is like that but still to the people who are... were you people born missing a chromosome?

Rok4bakAR · Answer

Did you see what happened to Sweden 8 years ago?

You can’t have guns there.
It’s gov invited Criminals which they called them refugees.

Those criminals started raping girls and attacking stores and etc..
It’s GOV told its police to stand down. They start having no go zones.
And it’s people had no way to fight back.
One Muslim
Refugee recorded him raping a girl aftermath telling the public who’s goanna stop me while laughing.

2nd) Australia passed a strict gun law within the first six months the crime went up 400%.

3) Watch the movie Schindler‘s list. You’d understand what happened in the end when the gov owns all the guns.

4) criminals love gun control!

5) in Canada if a criminal shoots you, and you shoot him back. You’d get to jail 4 times longer then the criminal.

Founding fathers were absolutely geniuses. Even the order the way the Constitution was written to put number one and number two the most important ones first there’s a reason why.

6) America, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, all had the same opportunities why is only America with the constitution?
Because America is the only resistance country in the world.
They fooled Canadian, Australia and New Zealand, with their charter of rights so Tyranny would be easy.

Look at current situation lots of criminals are being dumped in America if you guys have no Second Amendment you get fked 10 times faster this has been repeated in history is called Trojan horse.

sarah_2006 · Answer

1) Self defense. Police show up after the crime has already been committed. 2) the only people who will follow the no gun laws are the ones who already follow the laws. People who commit crimes won't care about the no gun laws. That puts law abiding citizens at risk because they have no way to keep themselves and their families safe. 3) Go back and study WW2. The only reason that they were able to get the Jews on the trains and into the concentration camps is because before they took them they took their guns. If we give up our guns we are putting ourselves at risk for the same thing the Jews went through. People can't take over our country if we can defend ourselves. Take away our guns and we're sitting ducks.

EmbraceThePain · Answer

Self defense and defense of others.

To me, asking “why do people need guns?”

Is like asking

“Why do you have to fight back when someone is hurting you?”

“Why not just let the home invaders do what they want and maybe they’ll just rape your wife and not your three daughters?”

You get what I’m saying.

Guns equal the playing field (senior citizens can defend themselves from physically strong attackers and/or someone can defend themselves from multiple attackers/armed attackers)
Guns defend people from harm and death.

It’s the smartest and most efficient manner to defend oneself from great harm and death in today’s timeline.

Perhaps in the distant future it will be laser guns.

Catlover1999 · Answer

I don’t know enough about guns to be entirely on one side or the other since we have limited gun rights in Britain (it’s pretty much just farmers who have shotguns and air rifles) however I do sympathise with kids in London who carry knives on their way home from school because there’s a good chance they’d get stabbed since knife crime is at a record high in England but especially in London. So I do like the idea of having something to defend yourself. I understand guns are different but the principle remains the same.

CourtneyJane · Answer

People need guns to protect themselves, their property, and other people they care about.

Those that say "you don't need a gun" have clearly never been in any real danger. I got my license and bought a Glock 9mm (G19 Gen4, for those of you who are wondering) after I started having issues with a very scary, sick, twisted, and violent stalker who started harassing me at my workplace and threatening to rape me if I didn't have sex with him, which escalated to him vandalizing my car and leaving death threats taped to the door of my apartment. I never even considered gun ownership until my very life was on the line.

Goforit1010 · Answer

Why do people "need" trucks with V8 engines polluting the planet? Or a $65,000 Cadillac, or a house with more than 1500 square feet of space? Why do people need a swimming pool, a dog (or any animal, for that matter), or more than one television?

Why? Because we CAN. That's why. No one's saying YOU have to own a gun. If you don't want to, fine. But those of us that do own them... go screw yourself if you think we should just turn them in - just because YOU don't like them.

They tried that "no guns allowed crap" in 1939 Germany, look what happened. They tried that "no gun" stuff in Venezuela and look how that place turned out. Not happening in the US, no matter what the rest of the world thinks.

genericname85 · Answer

all those people who're like "hurr durr second amendment" forget that this was meant for civil war states. you can't expect a militia to fight a war without weapons. that's why the right for ownership of firearms exist. that right was not written just so that inbred hillbillies could shoot at trash in their backyard all day...

Dragonpurple · Answer

How about to defend myself, I have personal experience with this. A guy attacked me with a knife, in a parking lot, had I not been carrying I'd be dead.

I have a huge scar where I was sliced and stabbed, that will never go away.

Plus we need them in case we need to over throw the federal government someday... like what if Trump did what liberals said he would, they claimed he would never leave as president. Had he tried to stay, then we'd have to take him out... of course people said the same thing about Obama too, he'd never leave.

Plus where I live, police can take up to 2 hours to respond, if someone is breaking into your place... do you want to wait 2 hours?

front2back · Answer

Point 1: The Federal Constitution is the law of the land, full stop. State constitutions may have their own rules under the 10th amendment and many restate the 2nd amendment quite clearly, if not even MORE precisely, of the civilian right to own firearms.
Point 2: Some states, or rather cities like Chicago, had tried full on gun bans and have been dunked on in court because it turns out gun bans aren't compatible with the second amendment.
Point 3: Yeah take guns away from the police, why not? Ja'Tavious should be the only one on the block allowed to be strapped and does what he wants.
Point 4: I carry a gun to protect myself from robbers, wild animals, and gangsters. That is a pretty legitimate use.

Anonymous · Answer

"that's just for the federal government to follow"

Wrong. The supreme court has incorporated most of the amendments to the states. Also most states include a right to keep and bear arms in their constitutions as well.

"What do people use them for?"

For self defense, for civil defense, for hunting and sport, for the enjoyment of it.

"If you want to talk about the supremacy of the constitution why not mention the supremacy of the king of england. Lol"

Clearly you do not understand the difference you stupid fuck. England has a constitution to you stupid motherfucker. So its not a 1:1 Comparison dumb ass.

You are a stupid motherfucker that does not understand what you are talking about. People like you need to loose the franchise, you are too stupid to vote fuckwad.

crazyish · Answer

Because there are criminals who have and can get guns. Government can't stop them.

Screenwriter · Answer

It's a longstanding tradition in America with some backing from the Constitution. Plus Americans started off as hunters, carving out life in wildernesses.

The problem is gun violence linked to drugs, alcoholism, suicide and other mental illnessees, or using guns in fights where fists, or words would be better choices.

cutegirl89 · Answer

I think it's crazy in America that some schools have metal detectors for guns.

If I was a parent I'd be nervous sending my child to school. I know some areas are better. So many school shootings.
Crazy. I know that's the shooters fault.

I remember just a short few years ago there was a report on the news here in Ireland about a shooting over in America some school. There was a Irish student giving a report of what happened on the phone with the Irish news channel.
The girl said everyone was running and she was hiding under a desk and gun shots.

Her family only moved to America a few months before.
They were talking to her mother too.

I thought well done. Bet you wished you stayed in Ireland. Your child wouldn't be running from a crazy gun man.
100% or 99% certain you're not at risk of getting shit in a Irish school. You're pretty safe here.

I know it's random and some crazy people do it. Still it happens too often.

Leavesbound · Answer

No you are misinformed. The 2nd amendment guarantees the rights of individuals to own guns and arm themselves for protection. No state can take that away legally. This was because our revolution relied on our citizens being armed so as to fight the British. We would not have become an independent nation were it not for private gun ownership.

MindYourEyes · Answer

To protect myself. Cops won’t be there when any moment happens where you gotta act fast.

Just_Listening · Answer

I am sad that you don't understand the 2nd Amendment to our Constitution. Gun rights are necessary yet largely unpopular with people that don't realize that Amendment secures our ability to take up arms and protect our Lives, our freedoms and liberties from a tyrannical government that takes up arms against Us! Any government that readily & easily maneuvers to eliminate or restrict our Constitutional rights and civil liberties obviously has an agenda that does not include democracy with power being in the hands of We The People.

Prof_Don · Answer

Lawbreakers and criminals will always have guns…so law abiding citizens should be able to have guns to protect themselves from those “bad guys and gals”.

Anti-weapons laws essentially punish law abiding citizens, placing the “bad guys and gals “ at an advantage.

What fucking sense does that make?

David_Kek · Answer

To protect yourself and to protect your family, and that's why you need one in every room of the house, because criminals have guns, and what you gonna do if they break in and yours are locked in the safe?
It's the same reason why every American should own their own RPG, an anti-aircraft gun in their backyard, and modern army tank to do the school run in, just in case.
American gun culture is fine, it's everyone else who's crazy.

Anonymous · Answer

Some folks think that it's supremely important to be able to shoot anyone at anytime for any reason... whether it be neighbor, cop, politician, school teacher, etc. Some people derive personal power from guns.

SmokinAces2000 · Answer

I feel like this, after all this time with guns it wouldn’t be smart to take them away, criminals don’t care about getting guns legally, they will just buy them off the black market, so let’s say guns are illegal and someone breaks into your house with illegal guns, you have no way to defend yourself, now don’t get me wrong I feel like some control measures should be put on guns but banning them really isn’t going to stop crime in the long run

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

Their pussies can use self-defense such as karate, My little cousin is age 7 and she takes self-defense and she's doing great plus she deals with Immune disease

Anonymous · Answer

I'm in Canada with actual gun laws. I have a few guns because I hunt and shoot clay pigeons at a club. I went through a course to be able to legally handle a gun, and I would have to do another to legally own a gun, so my dad actually owns the ones I use.
Americans are kind of idiotic in regards to guns and you made a good point about the prison system there.

Anonymous · Answer

They don't. Outside of their job, no one *needs* a gun. They want a gun. They are entitled to a gun and they want one. And that's all that matters to them.

They aren't interested in statistics, or ethics, or safety, or necessity. They want a gun, they buy a gun, it makes them happy.

Paige90 · Answer

What an ignorant question!! I have a gun for protection! You want it so the only ones that have guns are the criminals (no person or Police)! Are knives next?

Fromdusktilldawn · Answer

We humans are not peaceful and kind by heart, no thats an ideal shows by hollywood or religion.
As long as we have different mind sets/thoughts, emotions as fear/agression/greed, there will be wars. Weather it would be with guns or with fists, it will happen. Its not the gun that is evil

Grubhub · Answer

Self defense. Most cops are criminals. You don’t need a criminal record to be a cop thug. After the George Floyd situation any black man could get killed by a 👮‍♂️. I also wouldn’t want people calling me a criminal if I were killed by a 👮‍♀️. Like most Trump supporters call BLM victims criminals

Nachowedgie · Answer

To defend themselves against bad people who have guns who get then illegally

"Why haven't state governments completely banned guns yet?"

Because that's unconstitutional and extremely stupid

"What do people use them for?"

Self defense

"Take guns away from policemen too"

How about no

You sound extremely uneducated on the topic of guns

007kingifrit · Answer

you clearly don't understand the constitution. no its not a "federal rule" its a constitutional rule. no state can violate the constitution

but the answer to your question is this; humans are naturally violent and all seek to harm eachother, only force can protect us from the inherent greed and viciousness of others

StunningANDbrave · Answer

Bad man gets gunCitizens are banned from gunsBad man kills citizens because they can't defend themselves.

IndyZee · Answer

Your statements are way too simplistic and naive. Not sure who Usa is but in the USA, we value our God given rights, including the right to defend and protect ourselves. FYI - our cities with the strictest gun control laws have the most gun related deaths in the country... by far!

Anonymous · Answer

That is one of the dumbest questions I’ve ever seen.

Kaiservadin · Answer

We need to ban the black market for guns. Otherwise i have no problem with people having guns, maybe change background checks to check there background back 30 years. Can't really ban all guns because people also use them for fun ( shooting metal targets etc. ).

acooke-13 · Answer

For sport. This whole self defence malarkey is aload of bollocks. Use a bat or fists like the rest of us 😂

Liber8CopWatch · Answer

I own several firearms, legally, because it is my right under the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution, it is for defending my home and my family both from criminals and also from the Government should the government become completely tyrannical and try to impose military rule over my fellow citizens

Kaamraj · Answer

Either you should live in a country where no one has guns, or everyone has guns. The main issue I feel is that people should not be left out and potential violence shouldn't be one sided.

micheal727jovanie · Answer

Personal protection, just because there's gun laws it doesn't stop criminals from obtaining 1. You seen what happens in New York which has much stricter laws that discriminate?

Aimée__LJ · Answer

The only legit reason I can think of and this is because it hasn't got statistics against it is for a zombie apocalypse. Remember to shoot em in the head twice people ✌🏻

jshm2 · Answer

They don't, for the most part.  But guns are a sport and a meal ticket for some. They shoot game to eat and protect livestock from wolves and bears.

yofuknutz · Answer

Camera only works to SHOW the crime and mock U afterwards.

RingOfFire · Answer

How simple can this answer be?

Guns are a way of providing the most basic of human rights, the right to self defense.

Can't be any simpler or more fundamental than that.

Is that really so hard to understand?

najekim · Answer

To give a criminal more than they bargained for. People have stopped crime with firearms waaaay more than the criminals and mentally ill people have used them for evil.

suisuiola · Answer

Countries with stricter gun laws tend to be the safest countries. Some people need guns because they feel like it makes them safe...

Dargil · Answer

People need guns to enable us to defend ourselves from a rogue government, like ours is becoming. It is NOT there for the federal government to follow. It's there for them to fear.

OnTheLevel · Answer

You realize that criminals don't obey laws, right? So banning guns just keeps guns out of the hands of people who obey laws. Therefore, criminals will still have guns but law abiding citizens can no longer defend themselves.

Anonymous · Answer

You must live in a very safe white neighbourhood huh

Miristheiss · Answer

Muggings, rapes, car jackings, home invasion, someone else attacks with a gun, defend your home, wife, kids, gangs... etc.

MannMitAntworten · Answer

Need has nothing to do with it…. And what government ever needed a law to allow itself “arms”. That is the most ridiculous assumption behind the 2nd Amendment…. That is is for the government.

maulstrum97 · Answer

To protect themselves against criminals, wild animals, and prevent unnecessary violence. There have been no mass shootings on police stations but many at schools. Police stations have guns schools do not.

Fuentes · Answer

For people like @purplepoppy this is why the average "American" needs a weapon again were American your not

Bee-Hatch · Answer

Generally most folk don't 'need' guns. Nobody needs a gun. They have them because they want them.

Anonymous · Answer

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Blueeyes81 · Answer

In a lot of the US you are the police force until it arrives. It can take hours for police to arrive in parts of the midwest and west. I'm all for gun reform but not an all out ban.

Surely · Answer

To all of the anti gunners and the anti Christians.  If someone attempts to rob, rape or assault you.  You will pray that someone with a gun shows up to save your tail!

Ryfyle · Answer

@unbeatable You're fucking retarded and politics is too complex a subject for you let alone the Bill Of Rights.

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