The Battle of Athens (2 AUGUST 1946)

[Targan]

It all comes down to ease of access. The car analogy is both accurate and misleading at the same time. There's a difference between killing someone with a car in a genuine accident, by negligent driving and by deliberate vehicular homicide. But it is true that in most countries with high levels of private vehicle ownership you get significant numbers of deaths in all 3 categories. I suspect the same must be true of firearm deaths. In the US there would be purely accidental shootings, shootings related to poor training/weapon handling and deliberate, illegal shootings.

Then there are the cultural aspects to consider. It seems to me that when a person in a western country like Australia or America gets really pissed off with someone, they will often think of dealing with them with some "9mm medicine". Reason/morality/logic usually prevails but when it doesn't, an illegal shooting is obviously much more likely in a place where there is relatively easy access to firearms. That's just common sense.

As for foreigners telling Americans how to run their affairs, I''ve read back through the posts in this thread and I can't find anything with that vibe. How other countries run their affairs is the business of their own citizens, no one commenting in this thread has suggested otherwise.