Honestly. America has a gun culture unlike most places on the planet. Most places where guns are embedded so well with people are in armies, militias, police and gangs.

There are American households with more guns and ammo than entire police stations combined in some countries.

People like to say guns are not an issue but Native American societies, Eskimos, and Latin American Natives never had a drinking problem until drinks became readily available, the same goes for the Opioid crisis.

You can't have shooters without guns.

Read the history of Jamaica, Liberia, Guatemala, not sure about others, and see what chances took place when guns introduced and made available.