Why would anyone want to own a gun?

@FishingTech From someone else, who also had a gun?

Yes. Why else would I buy and use it?

@FishingTech So you wouldn't want one if it wasn't a highly armed country?

I do target shooting too. And "highly armed country" is irrelevant. The cold hard truth is that guns are everywhere and always will be. And during a situation where you are under fire, there are no political oppositions in existence that will keep you safe.