Interesting thread so far...
My take on why it's okay for a reason why guns are legal is because it's okay for citizens to be responsible for themselves. I
n other words... even though the Citizenry often makes wrong decisions with guns; perhaps it's the one area that people are allowed to make mistakes.
Since the majority of gun deaths are by suicide.
(Facts from here). -Perhaps people should be allowed to choose their demise -
if they choose to do so. Hey I'm not for it but people should have power over their own destiny... and even other peoples too -(to a certain extent). Just let people decide their own destiny for once. Sorry if it's bad but it's their choice.