It doesn't help. We have the most guns per capita in the world BY FAR. No other country is close. We account for roughly 75% of the world's mass shootings. And other than Greenland, a country with around 50,000 people, we have the most suicides by gun BY FAR.
More guns is the reaction of those who live their lives in fear. Or they need a weapon to feel powerful because they know they're weak. There's people in this country who have been fed a steady diet of fear and it speaks to them. The gun lobby is largely responsible for that and they've been assisted by certain types of media. Not only political media. "Hollywood" definitely plays a role. Guns and death are what people see on their TV's and in a whole lot of movies. And it's always been like that. It's a cancer that a lot of people don't want to cure. Overall, we're a weak nation that has been told it's 'strong.' Guns are a big part of that messaging with money being the ultimate goal.
