If I lived in the USA I would want to have a gun in my home.
But not an AK-47 (no matter how cool it would be) or a 20mm cannon!
American gun owners can still obviously be responsible but as usual the minority ruin it for the rest of us.
There are plenty of guns in Australia but it is highly regulated. In the past the easiest way to get a gun was to break into someone's home and steal one (when they aren't home!). Now this is almost eliminated.
The last time I went shooting was just after our gun-laws toughened up, single shot rifles only (bolt action) and not even semi-auto allowed. It did not ruin the experience or prevent us from eating that night.
For the record, the American gun massacre is insignificant next to the power of the Australian gun massacre. You don't know the POWER of the Australian gun massacre. Google Port Arthur Australia.