unlike the rest of the world, gun-owning Americans tend to think of their weapons not as something dangerous, but as something that keeps them and their families safe.

Of course it's both you absolute nitwit. Do you even understand what a weapon is?

These people's understanding of gun safety does not extend so far as understanding out which end comes the boom, yet they want to imply that gun owners are unaware of their property's potential. In any case, guns are perfectly safe. Bullets kill people.