Why do people insist on needing a gun? Please list the reasons but not those already debunked

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16. My wife & I own several, and have used them...

...to protect ourselves, our property, our stock, and our pets.
We live in a very rural part of Arkansas (Ouachita Mountains),
surrounded by National Forest.
We are committed to living as sustainably, independently, and as green as possible.
We keep chickens, HoneyBees, a BIG Veggie garden, fruit trees and Various cultivated berries.
We go to great lengths to protect our stock as passively as possible with fencing and steel panels, but nothing is perfect.

We much prefer to Live Trap and relocate whenever possible,
but if a coyote, skunk, fox, or coon gets into the chicken house, we will shoot it before it can kill our chickens (and they will in short order).
The same goes for ground hogs and armadillos inside the garden fencing.

Rabies is epidemic in this part of Arkansas, and we will shoot nocturnal animals behaving strangely in the daytime if they are close to our cabin, pets, or stock.

We take no joy in this, but it is as much a part of the life we have chosen
as the "culling" (killing) of surplus young roosters (cockerels) every year.

We also fish, and, if we get hungry enough, we will hunt, preferably game birds,
but deer if necessary. If that happens, we will have functional, well maintained firearms, and the skill and competency necessary to use them safely, efficiently, and effectively.


You have improperly used the term "debunked" in the OP.
I have seen nothing that "debunks" owning firearms for hunting purposes.