} 	The vast majority get through life without ever having to
} 	own, use or display a firearm.
} ...
} 
}       Given society
} 	as we now experience it - it seems safer to get rid of
} 	as many guns as possible.

Considering that the uses include self defense, hunting, target shooting
and collecting, I don't buy the notion that the vast majority of people
don't "own, use or display a firearm".

But let's say your contention is true.  What's the point of "get[ting]
rid of as many guns as possible", if they weren't being used anyway?