| Sporting/hunting |  3.9% |
| Self defense |  11.5% |
| Because it is cool |  1.3% |
| I carry firearms for my job |  1.4% |
| Because I am gangsta |  8.3% |
| I kept it after the war |  3.8% |
| Because I like to shoot |  4.7% |
| I do not own one, and never will |  65.3% |
