I don't have a "side" in this, that kind of division further drives the toxic narratives in US politics and sees the only options as based on force or a civil w

I don't have a "side" in this, that kind of division further drives the toxic narratives in US politics and sees the only options as based on force or a civil war. That shows either a lack of imagination or bad faith in seeking a solution. I live elsewhere and, like the majority of the world, this isn't even a debate, even in a country where about 25% of households have firearms but the availability and controls are strict and there's near zero expectation of being a victim of violent crime, let alone with firearm. Large swathes of the world have figured this out without the cataclysm that gun fantasists in the US claim would result. Lastly, the winning, or rather the currently prevailing, side of anything does not necessarily mean that it is correct. What's wrong in the US appears to be the culture and so the solution would be to try to change the culture (cultures naturally form and change gradually over time). Unfortunately the current direction is for people to become ever more entrenched, leaving the nuanced middle ground virtually empty.