My problem is not with the owning of guns . I don ' t care . My problem is with the lies that go with gun ownership . If you have a gun , stick it in a safe and don ' t tell your kids the combo , it ' s all good . There is nothing wrong with getting a kick out of a thing that goes bang , I have been pheasant shooting many times . If someone buys a gun for protection they are being really silly though . Either you have your gun locked away , in which case it ' s no use for protection , or you leave it out so you and anyone else can reach it , in which case you ' re a dick and you are probably going to get shot yourself . The vigilante thing is a natural progression from I have my gun for defense ! If you have your gun for defense , you want to use it against bad guys , making you a vigilante . If someone comes to your house looking for your TV , give it to them and get a new one from your insurance . Simples . Win , win , nobody dies . Fact is , where guns are more prevalent more people die , because it ' s really easy to kill people with guns . When we make laws we should make them for the dumbest fucker in the room . I don ' t want the KKK loving , school drop out , moonshine making , meth smoking , Cleatus Pissy Pants Weederson having hard core armaments . That is a guy you don ' t give an AK 47 , 4000 rounds of ammunition and a bulletproof vest . I was being dramatic , it is true . You did mention people exaggerating on the internet before , so it was a self fulfilling prophesy .