Same reason as always- for defense, for hunting, and sport.
A Stolen gun
People can use many tools to hunt and kill animals for food or pleasure. Some tools include guns, knives, and hunting bows.
People are not killed by guns. People are killed by other people. Some use guns, some use other objects.
It's not about the guns! It's the people who use the guns.
Like anything a gun can be misused. However, guns today are safe in that they do what a human makes them do.
They use guns.
Machine guns, tanks, airplanes, chemical warfare
These guns were made out of hollowed elephant tusks and today can fetch upto $15,000,000 in auction
people killing people with guns
Food is one.
The answer to that question is that colonial people did have guns and bought it from the market. They use the guns in duels and other things.
They are for all people who follow the rules of safety and use.