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Again, you confuse needs with freedoms.
I understand fully you do not understand, nor want to understand the allure of guns, and I'm ok with that.
But needing to demonstrate "need" to do something or want something that hurts nobody when used in a responsible and legal fashion, is a dangerous thing.
For example, why does anyone "need" to:
-bungee jump?
-hunt?
-burn flags to express themselves?
-own more than one tv?
-own an SUV?
yada yada yada...
In short, our freedoms are not based on "need" nor should they ever be. Maybe you like to collect swords or knives (or do any of the above). You certainly don't "need" them, and maybe I can't understand your attraction to them. But should I make it illegal for you to have them or restrict you in buying them because of that?
This arguement can be translated to just about anything that does not fall into the catagories of providing for one's self and one's family since the rest is simply "want".
The bottom line is, maybe I "want" more than one gun a month. Now the question is, can you demonstrate why society "needs" to restrict this?
My position is that you can't.
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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis
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