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That part of the reason is out of date. There is still an attachment for those reasons though. But the other reason of facilitating self defence can be argued for, particularly in more rural areas.

True, but the reason for the the right to bear arms being in the second amendment, is in part to deter tyrannical governance, or repelling an invading force, because of how they came into being. I am not arguing that the position is totally logical.

That is interesting. I suspect that it is still a minority of households that have guns in them, and some of those with a bit of reluctance, but there are others with small arsenals in their cellar. The idea that they could defend themselves from an oppressive state with them though is...

Yeah, you've just given them all guns again, and a reason to love them, if all they had were pitchforks, I think we could have managed it. Hence the love of guns.

Maybe not, a whole lot of world history would be quite different, but America was a major force in dismantling the British Empire, if it had remained part of it, perhaps the World wars would have been shorter, or Germany would not have had the balls to have a go in the first place.

Guns gave them their country, it would still be ours without them. There is no hope for America in removing the love of Guns.