Maybe your wording is a bit unintended, but 'We' don't 'give' people guns.... There is a Bill Of Rights which clearly describes the right for the INDIVIDUAL to have a gun if they want one (and this has been supported by fairly recent Supreme Court decisions)... Under these rights, 'society' doesn't decide whether a person, group of persons (ethnicity, class, etc) should have such rights -- it's in the Constitution, and for good reason.