THIS. Unfortunately, public perceptions are mostly driven by: (1) Mass media portrayals - which are carefully scripted to maximize market share, clicks, and

THIS. Unfortunately, public perceptions are mostly driven by: (1) Mass media portrayals - which are carefully scripted to maximize market share, clicks, and sales (2) Rule of Cool - or whatever "feels right", to emotionally-driven humans living in a society where guns are a major point of contention in a bitter culture war