Other animals at incapable of using guns. In any case, guns equalize humans with other animas who are bigger, stronger and fiercer. These animals need no guns to be formidable. If you hunt for elephants, you need a huge gun. There are laws about minimum calibers. One of my boyfriends used a .460 Weatherby Magnum rifle for elephant hunting. It kicks to much for me to shoot it. It could break my shoulder if I did. He weighs 300.4 lbs., while I weigh 100 lbs.