I absolutely cannot disagree with you, however, the only times I actually saw weapons for real were in Canada and Northern Ireland, I mean non police in uniform ones. I still feel uncomfortable around armed police. I never saw an American with a gun when I lived there, but the fact they may have...
The most worrying thing, and I lived in bible belt South Carolina for a year, is you can go out, get absolutely wankered and have a gun in your possession. I also lived in Northern Ireland in the 80s and the cops had guns and were constantly drunk. Alcohol and seriously deadly weapons do not...