Two days ago, ex Fox News host Bill O' Reilly said that the Las Vegas massacre "was the price of freedom" in America. It's like saying that smoking a cigarette , then you get cancer and succumb to the disease, is the price of nicotine addiction and the pleasure derived from smoking.
Or that dying in a car accident, is the price of mobility on the road with your car. I could go in but you get the point. 
What I'm saying is that there is no rational, reasoned, sensible, honest argument against owning firearms. Human life should be a priority but unfortunately money and the perceived fear trumps all logic.