[Isabo]

Because they are fun.
Because I have a moral right to defend myself and my property. They even the playing field between a small woman and a big brute running off his head on drugs or drink.
Because it does not give me an illusion of safety, it gives me a measure of safety.If I cannot own and carry a handgun legally, then it is bad law and I shall not respect it.
We've been around this topic on Pelican many times, neither side has ever convinced the other, those with no experience of realities continue to preach their mantras about the police protecting us and I don't understand why you need a gun and I live in a slum ghetto and I don't need a gun to protect myself in my home and I feel perfectly safe walking in my street.
Well, I, my husband and mty daughter have been issued carry permits because here is a demonstrable need and the authorities accept they are not able to offer adequate protection in my home or in the street. They are not issued as easily in Italy as in the US.
I do not think I am unsafe in my home or in the street. I know it for a fact.
If you don't want to own a handgun, don't. Do not question my right to own one or to use it.