That's down to how the country was forged and survived historically.
Having such large % of the population owning a gun isn't a new phenomenon for that nation. The citizens having their own guns was how they became a nation.
Looking at the US through an English lens will never work. The two...
Oh I was very much right.
That image and the spiel on it was 100% wrong. Or as you disputing this truth?
It's the only course of action if you don't want some sort of civil war and even more blood shed.
What do you suggest they do that appeases all invested parties?
If they truly want to fix these issues fix the health system in regards to mental illness.
Plenty of other nations have guns. They just have a better system to deal with their mentally ill.
The majority of these shooters have mental illnesses that have gone unseen or unchecked.