I do own guns although they are the long guns and not the pistols or handguns per se. I also own Crossbows. Guns have never ever been only considered as a hunting weapon, as much as it is for personal protection from any predator, whether two legged or four legged. Too many people read into the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution of the uSA. (united States of America = each state united together with other states to form a Union) and misunderstand what it was created for. When the Constitution was created, Hunting was not on the minds of the Founding Fathers. Hunting was a way of life, and for those self sufficient, it still is. The militia, as it was defined at the time of the creation of the Constitution, was any able bodied man (and now woman) who could accurately use his weapon of choice for the protection of this Great Nation. Those men (and now women) ranged in age from 16 to an age where they could still pick up, aim, and fire that weapon. That militia also protected its own family from any harm coming to it from any source, whether it be from government, a criminal, or any foreign entity, trying to force its beliefs on us or to take our property from us. No government can own any property, because all governments are nothing more than rules written down on paper. Corrupt men and women in government , have made the government what it is today. Those corrupt men and women manipulate government for their own selfish desires.