The concept that somebody, don't matter who, can bring a weapon anywhere without being spotted does not seem nice to me.
I think that civilized people does not need guns at all.
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If you don't like it,  then whatever floats your boat,  us Americans are proud of it 

well if the government doesnt like it,  and the people arent used to having owned weapons then no,  but they should still be able to carry knives,  at least they would have somethin to cut with besides scissors  .  I mean who would ban man's most important and oldest tool,  using it as a weapon would be on my extreme last resort.

Although I have many guns,  I'm leaning more towards primitive stuff,  for example the sling of course.

I'm more of a fan of the Bronze Age,  although not the toughest alloy,  I'm just amazed at the look of bronze.

I'd rather outlaw actions than outlaw things. If you have a (legal) reason to use a gun I think you should be able to own it. Since hunting is legal in the US, rifles and shotguns should be legal even though there are also illegal uses of these weapons. Since there are times that it's a good idea to have a gun even though you aren't hunting, I think pistols should also be legal. Defending oneself with a hidden pistol is a gray area. I think conceled carry of a gun is a bad idea, but I know one person who scared off someone trying to rob her at knifepoint by pulling her gun out of it's holster. She probably would have been stabbed if the mugger knew she was reaching for a gun, so I am also grudgingly accepting of concealed carry. While I agree that civilized people do not need guns when dealing with each other, there are times when you have to deal with uncivilized people.

I usually tell people that I carry a gun because I can't carry a policeman. When one has a license to carry a firearm it comes with a certain amount of responsibility. You cannot just pull it out and wave it around. You cannot threaten someone with it. You cannot even shoot someone unless yours or someone elses life is threatened. Step outside of these very stringent boundaries and you will go to jail. Even if you are justified in shooting someone, you have to be able to prove that you tried to withdraw from the altercation. You dont just shoot someone and it is deffinately not like the old West, but there are times when a firearm is needed. In those situations I would rather have one than not have one as my life, or the life of my wife or child might be on the line.

America, for good or ill, has a long tradition of individual firearm ownership and strongly associate this with notions going back to the founding of the country.  Citizen-soldiers rising up against tyrant occupiers.   Well, it wasn't that simple and the citizen-soldiers had to be trained and equipped as real soldiers in order to defeat the British... Still, it's very strongly part of American culture.
Add to this our notions of the Wild West, personal freedom, and so forth and you get a pretty strong basis for America's love for weapons.

Besides, it's in the constitution, and the Supreme Court has just this year certified that the 2nd amendment is an "individual right" pertaining to everyone.

Now, as to individual carry of firearms in public...   A sore spot with folks that are appalled by the practice...   I guess I've been reading both sides of this argument since the 60s. 

As Bill Jordan said, "You don't need a gun very often. When you do, you need one real bad."   The vast majority of people who obtain permits to carry weapons will never need them.  Hell, the vast majority of police officers like myself will never need them.  I've been in police work for 40 years and have never been involved in a shooting incident.  I've only drawn my weapon a couple of times, and that only in a "search" or "cover" situation.
However, tomorrow I might have to use it.  Never can tell.
We went through the considerable debate over concealed carry here in Missouri just a few years ago.   The "anti" side predicted shootings in the street, an increase in violence, minor altercations erupting into shootings, etc, etc.
The "pro" side predicted a decrease in crime, as bad guys couldn't tell if a potential victim was packing...

Neither scenario came to be.   There have been essentially no "incidents" in the several years since passage.  Individuals obtaining permits tend to be rather responsible types who must undergo considerable training.  They are unlikely to be hot-tempered types willing to shoot at the drop of a hat.

Likewise, there is little reduction in crime other than the already-falling levels reported by the FBI for the last 20 years or so.   The sorts of people who commit armed robberies on the street are pretty good at picking victims who are unlikely to resist.  These tend to be crimes of opportunity and are seldom well though-out...

Nationally, there are always incidents of armed citizens using firearms to defend themselves.  Just within the last couple of days an older fellow was the victim of a home invasion.  Two armed thugs forced their way in and demanded the guy open his safe.  He did... It contained a handgun and he shot both of them to death. 
Good for him, but these incidents are vastly rare on the national scale.   
Still, I would not wish to tell someone that there is NO chance he might be the victim of such an incident.  Locally, last Summer, a family advertised a diamond ring for sale on Craigslist.  Three individuals showed up to look at it, and one produced a weapon.  The victim's son was killed by the robber, a homicide for a ring valued at under a thousand bucks.
Such things happen.  They happen more frequently in certain areas.   

Most people who go to the trouble to get a carry permit will carry the weapon religiously for a while, then more and more infrequently.  They find out what most police officers already know... Carrying a gun is a pain.  Often, it gets left in the car or even in the wife's purse....
There's a lot of wild rhetoric on both sides of the question.