I'm not gonna argue that guns make you strong, because they don't. They don't make you weak though. It isn't about how weak or strong you are when it comes to owning a gun. As a gun owner, I'm not overly fond of having shooting as a hobby. I have only 2 guns and they are both purely for self defense. I do not sport shoot in any way. I was in the military and leave it to them to ruin the hobby of shooting. Anyhow, with the area I live in, I'd be a fool to not have a weapon in the house. I don't have kids and I live alone (quite happily I might add). I have a gun in the house to give me peace of mind in case someone were to threaten my neighbors or myself. I'm guessing you are younger since about 90 percent of the people on this forum are. You wait until you have a house or a family of your own. You could take that chance of not being able to protect yourself from an armed person (which is unlikely). Or you could never have to worry about that. Let me put it this way, there are conservatives out there that aren't very smart. These are the same people that want to give teachers guns in schools. They are the same people that produce theatrics about democrats corrupting the government and coming to take their guns. I'm a conservative and can tell you that others in my chosen party of being republican are idiots. The truth is that guns really don't produce the violence. They aren't the product of killings.