Why do white men have the highest rates of gun ownership?

[hunter]

110. I've never been in a situation where me having a gun would have improved the outcome in any way.

In my personal experience once the guns come out everything is FUBAR.

I've seen the police shoot people I myself wouldn't have shot. I've lived in rough places where I've witnessed gunfights in front of my house. I've been threatened by people holding guns. I've been treated roughly by cops.

In my reckless youth I could extremely obnoxious, the sort of guy any gun-toting insecure white male might be tempted to shoot.

Through middle school until I quit high school, the bullies called me "queerbait" and frequently beat me bloody.

Then things got really weird.

I have a knife scar on my arm that reminds I shouldn't always say the first thing that pops into my head.

My primary methods of self defense are to walk away from potential trouble and to always wear shoes I can run in.

For my own mental health I don't let anyone I'd care to shoot (real or imagined) live in my head.

I'm not unfamiliar with guns.