Because things go bump in the night.... Plus hunting, target shooting and gun games..

1. To protect my family

2. I like to shoot with friends and family

3. The last and most important BECAUSE IT'S MY RIGHT given to me by the 2nd Amendment.

They're like fine little machines I can fondle and they smell really good too.

yeah...heh..........me too......plus it might save my life one day

Because happiness is a warm gun.

Because I feel a lot safer knowing that if I hear glass break in the middle of the night and I go to investigate and find someone in my home, the playing field will at least be level (if not to my) advantage regardless of how big he is or if he brought a friend! The same goes for when I travel in my RV.

As of right now I just want it as a hobby an an extra skill set.

Inevitably I'd like to say its for self protection.

Because shooting is fun.

 

Because it's better for protection than a spatula or a dull kitchen knife.

 

Because it's better for protection than a sharp bowie knife.

 

Because $&%# New Jersey.

 

Because $^@% those government d-bags that don't want me to have them.

 

Because there's nothing like that smell that's all over you when you get through shooting.

 

And because I can. SHAZAM.

Absolutely agree with all the "because I can" people. That was my only reason when I was 21. Now it's also for family protection... just in case. Also with rifles I'm having a ton of fun target shooting.

Because as an engineer I find firearms to be mechanically satisfying and I needed a hobby since I was never took to golf.

Many reasons.

 

#1. As many have already stated....because I can, and I also feel partially that it is my duty under the 2nd amendment.

#2. I'm a hunter

#3. Growing up in WV, guns were a way of life and part of my heritage.

#4. It's an investment. Many guns my dad purchased years ago will go today for double the price or more than what he paid for them.

#5. It's a hobby....a great way to keep yourself occupied, especially if you're into reloading.

#6. It's fun making things go boom.

#7. It's a great stress reliever. There's nothing like spending a day at the range solely focused on a single task, forgetting all your worries....very therapeutic.

#8. It's a challenge... it's kind of like golf in respect to the idea that, at the end of the day, you're trying to improve every time out.

Wait, you guys own guns?

Because of the impending zombie apocalypse

Because I hunt and grew up around guns and hunting with my dad

Because I think they're tons of fun and I LOVE to target shoot and I find it to be a great stress reliever

Because I have a technical background and love to tinker with them/see how they work and I also love to reload ammo and make my own custom loads

Because "just in case"! Some day I might need them to protect and/or feed my family

See Section 4i:

 

Brilliant.........

Because 'Murica that's why!

 

 

 

I will say what most will not and who give other reasons that are PC. I like guns. I have always liked guns. When I was a kid my favorite toy was a toy gun. I enlisted in the Army when I was 17 to go to Vietnam and liked it. I have guns for the same reason that primitive man picked up a rock and used it as a weapon. I do not sugar coat it. Look around. Most nations are trying to develop more powerful weapons and finding reasons to use what they have. It is in our nature to use weapons to dominate our surroundings. I am a man and like those before me, I am comforted and protected by my weapons.

Primarily to piss off liberals. But secondly for home protection. and lastly because it's my right. A right not used is a right lost.

Wait, you guys own guns?

 

Nice

because Joe Biden said i should own a double barrel shotgun thats why I own one...

See Section 4i:

 

 

I JUST PISSED MY PANTS

See Section 4i:

 

 

Applause to you sir

Just to be clear, that is not my Form 1 LOL

Why do (you) have firearms?

 

Primarily for protection.

 

As a few others have mentioned, I too am intrigued by all sorts of machinery. Guns are just one more machine for me to tinker with.