For people on top of hierarchies, guns apparently are very important. Got to keep all of those lower scary people in line, and make sure they don't want to take away any privilege of the top.
It doesn't matter to them that now, the third leading killer of children in this country is guns. An average of 1,297 children die annually from gun-related injuries.
But of course the top views these deaths as isolated incidences. According to gun advocates, their right to carry a gun and forcing a violent society on everyone else is not a problem, as long as they get what they want.
http://www.newsweek.com/guns-kids-third-leading-cause-death-627209
