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

[Sheldon Cooper]

28. I mentioned this in another post on Friday.

25 years ago, I was newly divorced (no kids) and living on my own for the first time in my life. I became unreasonably fearful of having an intruder come into my house in the middle of the night. I say it was unreasonable because, honestly, it was. There were no circumstances that made me more vulnerable to home intruders than anyone else, and furthermore, I had no such fear of being attacked in public. Anyway, I considered getting a gun to keep at home but decided against it. With time, the fear subsided and I now I'm glad I never did it.

Having said that, I would never say that someone who is in the position that I found myself in should be denied the reasonable ability to protect themselves as they see fit. 'Reasonable' does not mean an armory of semi-automatic weapons and thousands of rounds of ammo.