I want it to be illegal for an American citizen to own a gun.

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49. Then you don't actually want it to be illegal to own a gun. Otherwise, there would be no exceptions.

What you want are serious, tough regulations on who can own guns, what types of guns they can own, and what they must do to earn and retain that right. I value my right to keep and bear arms as much as the next guy, yet I agree with you on all of that. As do the majority of gun owners, which is worth noting.

Hunting, however, is not the only valid use for a firearm. Target/sport shooters (not to be confused with hunting for sport) come to mind. I love target shooting, but you won't find me hunting anything unless my life depends on it.

I would encourage you to pay close attention to the support we see around here for things like banning bump stocks and high capacity magazines, even from people who support gun rights. There are a lot of gun owners like myself who actually do agree with such sensible measures. Incorrectly stating your position as favoring it being illegal to own a gun at all only serves to alienate people who do in point of fact actually agree with what you actually want.

Supporting the right to keep and bear arms does not define one as your opposition, in and of itself.
Opposing sensible restrictions or qualifications associated with that right, on the other hand, does.

But those are two distinctly different classes of people.

I do maintain that I should have the right to keep and bear arms.
I also maintain that that right needs to be earned and maintained, however, and that part matters.