&gt;then there would be no reason for good guys to have guns except to fend off wildlife.<p>Ignoring the issues such as fending off bad guys (so what if they only have a knife, I&#x27;d rather bring a gun to a knife fight), hunting wild life, shooting for fun, owning collections, any many other reasons.  Outright dismissing all of those is like just dismissing the need to protect private electronic communications.