How many of you have guns? Why do you have one?

As some of you may know, I’m Canadian. Our gun laws are stricter than those in the US, though I’m not about to cite any details (I’m no expert by any means). I don’t know anyone personally who owns a handgun (except for a couple of police officers), and I only know a handful of people who have long guns for hunting.

I don’t want to get into the politics of gun laws, but I’m curious how many Flutherians have guns, and why they have them. The concept is pretty foreign to me, personally, so I want to try to understand why someone would feel the need to own a handgun.