Anyone wanting to replicate the US stance on firearms has either to be in complete denial of the facts or insane.
As near as makes no odds the US population is 311,500,000 - about five times that of the UK.
The US suffers roughly 12,000 murders a year of which about 8,000 are committed using firearms.
The UK suffers about 600 murders of which about 60 (in a bad year) involve firearms.
The totals for assault etc using a firearm are even more alarming.
Oh - and incidentally. I own a number of guns, all held legally and all stored appropriately. I have also lived in both countries.
But that's only got tangential (if any) relevance to the thread so I do apologise.