How did guns in the US become so beloved?

It all goes back to their rebellion. All about taking up arms and fighting the great and evil tyrant!!! When truth be told the war was won by real soldiers, and while the militia certainly had their part to play, the war was not won by mad nutters taking their fowling pieces off the wall, to go take shots at redcoats; I mean the yanks are all "We saved the French in WW2" All while forgetting the frogs saved them in War of Independence. Which is ironic in the end. You see, there was a war where the English kicked the French out of America, 7 years war and to help pay for that war the British raised taxes on the Colonies, fair enough which was one of the things, that those stuck up wankers like Jefferson had a problem with, which then led to their little rebellion. That and alot of the folk who left Europe to settle in America had the approach of "You cant tell me what to do!!! I'll go make my own country!!!".

I mean why everyday folk feel they need to 'protect their homes!!' is beyond me. I mean the Indians, well, fair enough, and even that lot, Geronimo and the like were some of the best guirilla fighters in the world lost or gave up in the end. Oh sure! Crazy Horse got lucky but that didn't last that long. If some mad nutter doesn't want to give up his guns, what fucking use is he going to be against properly trained soldiers, going in to take him out? Even if a bunch of redneck yahoos go guirilla in Colorado or West Virginia, there wont be enough of them to make much of an effect, that and I doubt many of them will be united in anything but their hatred for the Us government.

I think in the end it comes to insecurity!! Yanks like to own guns because it gives them the illusion that they are safe, safe from their government, safe from robbers and safe from each other. When really their government could come a knocking with the full force of the united states armed forces, and a few fat fucks armed with rifles out in Maine, or Florida somewhere wouldn't be able to do a damn thing about it.

We never would have had our country if we hadn't fought the British for it in the first place.. Our country is basicly founded on guns and rebelling against our own government.. No doubt civil war will ensue if they attempt to disarm us.. Shrugs

Settling the wild wild west was no easy task for the pioneers.

It was a fun way to exterminate the injuns and buffalo- and to keep slaves in line. Very patriotic.

You might see some bad answers from liberals and democrats, but guns actually become favored in the USA for several reasons. One of the foremost is that they were used for a very long time and still are, for getting food. Second they were one of the best ways to defend one's self against animals of both the four legged type and two legged type, and they are still used for that purpose and the type of animal depends on where you live. Another of the primary uses was to fight against tyranny of all types; the British in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. They were used to fight the Mexicans and Mexican bandits along the Southern Border a long time ago and there is still some need for that today. We have depended on guns all through our history for many reasons and today many are good investments as they are collector's items. Many ill educated people want to take them away but do not realize they have very good purposes in the hands of good people. Hitler, Castro, Mussolini other dictators took guns away from good people and look at what happened in those countries along with several others.

it's kind of baked into our heritage

we were a english colony at the beginning of our history

after decades of what was considered unfair treatment the people used their muskets and pistols to fight off the english

there were periods of times where the english attempted to confiscate weapons to keep the colonists in line.

and so the ability to have firearms to protect family and community was born.

The second amendment was written when there were muskets to defend yourself with, the second amendment was co-opted by gun manufacturers to mean what it does today.

They were essential for survival.

Gunpowder and blood is what has made the US. It's in the fabric of the flag.