I just enjoy shooting. It’s therapy. You clear your mind and concentrate on a sight and a target. It boosts your confidence, helps you control yourself. Even if you don’t own all firearms, you know a bit about the history, how and why they were developed. Many are mechanical masterpieces - just like owning a fine watch.

Also, I believe it’s every citizens civic duty to participate in the legal process. Owning a firearm is one thing every citizen can do to help keep a tyrannical government in check. The 2A is the only check and balance that gives any of our rights any meaning. Without it, even our ability to vote, protest, or worship is diminished. Do people abuse the 2A? Absolutely. But people abuse every other right we have too. Checks and balances go both ways. Firearm ownership is how the people let the government know their vote matters. There is a reason the largest standing army is the American people. I’m proud to vote, go to church, and proud to tell the people within the government they are morons. And firearms ownership gives even non gun owners the confidence to do the same whether they realize it or not. It’s a shame the federalist papers aren’t taught in school. The founders wrote a lot about firearm ownership and defending freedom.