Why We Own Guns: A Random Response Generator

<p>With the <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/12/21/wayne-lapierre-blaming-everything-but-guns.html">NRA breaking its silence</a>&nbsp;over Newtown, the gun-control debate is as heated as ever. In order to better understand the complex issue of gun ownership and gun control, <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/12/17/interactive-sound-off-on-gun-control.html" target="_blank">we asked our readers&nbsp;to weigh in</a> on why they do or do not own firearms. Click the button below to cycle through the 1,300+ reasons we received.</p> <p>You can also <a href="/content/dailybeast/features/2012/12/deadly-rampage-at-newtown-elementary-school.html">click here for full coverage</a>&nbsp;of the Newtown shooting and its aftermath.</p> <p><i>by Sam Schlinkert</i></p> <p></p>