I suspect it’s not the US relationship with guns, but the US relationship with violence. The national myth about the founding of the US is about using violence

I suspect it’s not the US relationship with guns, but the US relationship with violence. The national myth about the founding of the US is about using violence to solve problems. And Americans seem very quick to turn to violence when under any sort of perceived threat. I doubt getting rid of guns, even if you could find a way to do it, would solve the problem.