Originally Posted by
noricum
Let me try to answer this question two ways.
From an US american perspective it is their constitutional right. A right should be exercised - use it or loose it. As it feels weired to question the first amendment (free speech), questioning the second amendment is just as bad. With the US beingfounded around the constitution, and the ideas therein, and not a peope or common origin, thieir constitution is naturally more important for them than lets say the citizens of most European countries.
From my personal perspective I need guns for my personal happyness. I very much enjoy their history, technological development and just simply shooting firearms. Not because I feel threaded. Some others my like Sports cars or motorbikes -nobody "needs" them either ande more people get killed by these every year.