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I think it's a bit of a stretch to compare a continent's political leaders' historical eagerness to resort to war with the likelihood of an individual person pulling a gun on someone when they get angry. Saying that I get your point. The first world pool that you mention may be small but it is...

Okay, let me amend my point - there are other first world countries with similar levels of gun ownership that don't have regular mass shootings because the point still stands. There doesn't seem to be a direct correlation between high levels of gun ownership and mass shootings.

The main root of the problem is not gun ownership. It's US culture and their readiness to use guns to settle grudges. There are similar levels of gun ownership in may countries but the US is the only one with a problem with mass shootings as a regular occurrence. Tighter gun laws would...