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

[Mr. Mojo Risen]

22. Because they're cool.

I'm not a gun person. For the most part, I'm anti gun. I do however own many knives. Mostly Benchmade and Spyderco's. I admit I have no practical reason to own all these knives. I buy them because I admire the design and craftsmanship that goes into these knives. I like trying out some of the more exotic blade steels like ZDP-189 and M390. I like to carry different ones around and show them to my friends. And every once in a while, I'll actually have a need for my knife. Nothing like whipping out a $200 knife to slaughter a cardboard box.

I do interact with a lot of gun guys though on various internet forums. I can tell you there is a lot of paranoia. There will be every imaginary scenario from the 300 pound guy on PCP trying to kill them to Obama handing US sovereignty to the UN.

There is a myriad of reasons people will insist on having all these guns. But one big underlying reason is people simply think they are cool to own. Most everything else is just rationalization.