I have some I inherited. I've never fired them once but they were bought for home defense and used for just that in the 70s. My grandparents held them on two men that got into the house while the cops were called by my aunts. My mother bought one after a home invasion attempt while she was home with my brothers. Also for home defense.
I personally think every home should have one.

But something that shouldn't be discounted, because it only shows the ignorance of and/or disdain one has for is the rural areas in our country where people own them for predator control. And that makes up the vast bulk of our land area in the US. Even locally, just a block down from me there's large properties and then open land going into the mountains. Ranches out there too. And this is SoCal. Many people own chickens, geese and goats, etc. Horses and cows are less likely to be targeted but still. We have coyotes on a daily basis. Bears and cougars are a thing as well. Then you have raccoons and skunks that a very big problem. The way they're dealt with by these people is to shoot them. It's just reality. You either accept that fact or you don't care. And imho the ones that don't care shouldn't have a say at all on the matter.

I don't think anyone should own assault weapons though. Or large magazine ones either.
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Why do gun owners feel like they MUST HAVE guns?

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