well if we dont have guns, who's gonna protect us? the cops arent there for our protection every second, lets say..... your house is being broken into, you call the cops, it takes them 20 minutes to get there, should i hide under my bed and kiss my ass goodbye? hell no, imma pull out mr. d eagle and put a nice big hole in him. so the point being, if they banned guns, the criminals would get them, rendering normal civilians defenseless. plus the government makes a ton of money off gun companies, so good luck with that, and yes the government has many hidden agendas.