Culture: The ideas, customs and social behaviour of a particular people or society.
So U.S. culture incorporates all customs and social behaviour of U.S. society.
Which includes all aspects of ownership possession and usage of guns. Responsible and irresponsible alike.
And not just the rose tinted view of a pleasant day out at the gun club with a fine set of lads and lassies.
Conservatively estimated at 400,000,000 guns nationwide and 44000 gun related deaths in 2022.
All statistics readily available on line to liberals and conservatives alike.
And me, I'm apolitical and moderate.
And all societies have criminals and a criminal culture.
But what we have is Police that deal with criminals
And not every Tom Dick and Harriet armed to the teeth, eager to take the law into their own hands.
Gun deaths in the UK. 150 approx. Including suicide, homicide and accidental. (Definitive statistics for 2022, hard to find).
Sporting guns are rigorously controlled.
Very few people own or use hunting rifles.
And no ordinary law abiding citizen owns or uses military grade automatic or semi-automatic firearms.