i'd rather get punched in the face than get shot in the brain

A landmark 1997 study actually tried to answer this question. Its findings — which scholars say still hold up — are that America doesn't really have a significantly higher rate of crime compared to similar countries. But that crime is much likelier to be lethal: American criminals just kill more people than do their counterparts in other developed countries. And guns appear to be a big part of what makes this difference.https://www.vox.com/2015/8/27/9217163/america-guns-europe

As would I and any sane human being.