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Because it is one of our rights as citizens of the United States, for one. I do not consider rights to be something that should be given away.
I think this is the idea/view that I have difficultly with. It seems like an easy get out for why you should have guns.
Ignore that it's written in a document made a few hundred years ago, ignore that it's your "right".
I think you may have a slight point about a possible defence against corrupt Police, but realistically you're not going to shoot a cop.
It seems clear to me that access to guns creates fear and the need for more people to own guns. The more access there is, the easier it is for guns to get in the hands of criminals and the unstable.
If there was complete gun control then the criminals would find it much more difficult to get hold of guns, obviously not impossible, but much much harder.