I have an M-16 and an M-9 assigned to me in the National Guard. They are both locked up in the armory. I otherwise don't own any guns, since I don't hunt or otherwise have the perceived need to own one. Arkansas has a concealed carry permit law, but most stores or other private or public places have signs that prohibit weapons on their premises, so it would be as big a hassle as being a smoker, and I don't need any more hassles than I already have. I also figure that if someone breaks into my house, it will likely be when I'm not home, and if I had a gun somewhere, it would be one of the items the bastid took. Then HE'D be the one armed.
While I support the second amendment (the right to arm bears), I also know that the constitution was written well prior to the weapons technology we now have and people back then were a little more "stable" than some of the armed nutcases we have now. Had the founding fathers seen ahead at what weapons we now have at our disposal to own (or the fact that most people nowadays no longer have to shoot their food), I think they would have been a bit more specific in their language when they wrote the second amendment.
I have nothing against licensed hunting or the right to self protection, I just don't have any need for myself to own a weapon. Now, if I was taking a cross country trip trough Alaska, it might be a different story...
