I'd be a lot happier if we just didn't have guns, but hey - we do! That cat isn't going back in the bag (because it is heavily armed and contrarian). I've gone shooting twice, both times on invitations from friends (it turns out a local range has ladies' days every wednesday, and all I had to pay for was ammo, which was nice). I guess it was sort of fun? Civilian access to shooting ranges weirds me out, honestly. I understand the rationale for police and military to use them, I guess, but I'm still a bit weirded out by the idea that people can just go and practice shooting things. Honestly, the thought of owning a gun terrifies me, because I know I'm not someone who could be a responsible gun owner (which I guess I've a bit of a high bar for).
I don't like guns. I really don't. I enjoyed my times at the range, because I got to get a better picture of what it was like to shoot a gun and to do that sort of thing, and I like spending time with my friends. But I did enjoy myself, which for a while had me questioning some things I believed about 'gun people'. I still don't like guns, but I understand why some people do.
And then I remember things like the per capita gun deaths in Canada and the US, the latter of which is like four or five times the former. That seems messed up to me, and says there's something going on with that that's not just a reflection of per capita ownership rates (3 guns per ten canadians, nine per ten americans).
I just don't like guns okay, they really really really scare me.