Should the shit should ever hit the fan or you need to protect your family, a lot of you are
fucked.
There is nothing wrong with being armed to protect yourself and your family. That doesn't make someone a freak or a loon. It does not make you a pussy. It means you are at least trying to be prepared for an event that you hope never comes. Maybe a gun owner will shoot his own foot off, or maybe they will save the lives of their family, there is no way to tell. But I'd rather die trying than not to have tried.
If you still think someone is a pussy for having a gun, so be it. I'm sure many gun owners would rather be considered a pussy than to have their family harmed by an intruder.