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Most people I know who own guns know how to handle them, either because they grew up with them, around them, using them, or because of the classes or whatever it takes to legally possess a firearm.
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edit: Ok, for example, my grandfather carries around a pistol with him. Why? He owns a checking business for the illegals around here and he often needs to move large amounts of money. Problem with that is them Mexicans are sneaky bastards and he can't take the risk that one of them will steal the cash. So he carries protection. Will he ever use it? Nah. Does he know how, just in case? Yes.
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Okay, you've given a good example of someone who has a reason for owning and carrying a gun. How on earth do you justify the milllions of other people who bought one just because they wanted to, or in case the world ends tomorrow and they want to be prepared?
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I think the US is way beyond the point where any significant portion of its privately owned firearms could ever be rounded up, much less actually attempted, given that those who see owning a firearm as a god-given right to be defended at all costs are coincidentally armed to the teeth.
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You couldn't get rid of them in this generation but the hardware deteriorates over time. If you were to ban the sale of guns to anyone who didn't strictly need them, then the numbers would slowly dwindle and in 50 years they'd be approaching a similar level to rest of the world.