When I speak with gun enthusiasts they always mention the protection of liberty as a reason for owning guns. The reasoning is that if citizens are allowed to own guns, the government would think twice about trying to oppress the people, because the people would fight back.
So how do you explain the fact that every fvcking Arab nation ruled by a dictator have citizens that own guns? The shittier the nation, the more guns. In the shittiest countries, 8 year-old shepherd boys walk around with an AK47 while attending sheep, and guns are fired off at weddings and birthdays. The places where you see less guns are in nations when high standards of living, such as UAE and Kuwait.