one thing i'm curious about is why the others have all these guns. by the dozens! they're the only people on the island (at least prior to oceanic) and they're all packing heat. even the folks in the temple.
if the only enemy is a demon made of smoke, who are you shooting at all this time? rosseau? ...who... before meeting the oceanic crew, hadn't seen you for 16 years?
It seems well-established at this point that Jacob has been bringing people to the island to "test" for centuries right up and including the Oceanic flight. Presumably at least some of those people became Others.
Between 1867, when Richard landed, and the present there were presumably a series of people coming to the island, some of whom had guns. For example, in the 1950s, the Army showed up with an A bomb. And, of course, we had the Dharma people.
Accordingly, it's a safe bet that the Others started carrying guns to defend against people who came to the island and tried to harm them and/or who might be working for Smokey.
