ScottS,
Those are great questions, and unfortunately the untrustworthy Media in the USA loves to lie to the public about the horrors of gun ownership, and they like to paint Americans as rabid gun-toting lunatics just waiting to shoot someone..anyone…
Nothing could be further from the truth when the facts are considered and Politics are ignored. Most LEGAL gun owners are highly trained and responsible and have only used their guns to save their own lives and the lives of others.
DD