I’m in the UK… 
If we were to have a referendum on whether to bring in firearms that anyone can buy with no checks, just like in the US, the result would be an overwhelming no. Even with checks I would think no also.
I guess it’s a lot to do with what you’re used to. You lot have grown up with guns. I have never seen a gun in real life, other than on police or the army or in a museum.
Doesn’t seem to be working out very well for you.
Your increases in violent crime are staggering, a few examples.
Police recorded 39,598 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in the year to December 2017, a 22% increase compared with the previous year (32,468), and the highest number registered since comparable records started in 2010
In the overall category of “violence against the person”, there were 1.3m crimes were logged, a rise of a fifth on 2016.
Robbery, or mugging – a crime involving the use or threat of violence – was up 33%.
Depends if you believe a Communist rag or not.