Even this is more meme than reality. There are only two places where you will see guns on the regular if a member of your household isn't a big gun guy. Rural areas or the ghetto.
The ghetto one is the problem, because its almost always being used for something very bad, in a very unsafe manner, and completely illegally. This is also the only one most of the Left sees (because their urban sprawls always have ghettos) and the one they talk about the most (so Europe thinks every neighborhood in America is a nigger infested ghetto).
Like, your street probably has a few guns on it at any time. But if you aren't a crime heavy area you'll also probably never see one of them in your lifetime.
Hearing gunshots in rural areas prompts a reaction of "oh, the old farmer must be lining up his rifle for deer season" or "nice, somebody bought a new gun". Shooting in well-seasoned urban areas is somewhat different.
Even this is more meme than reality. There are only two places where you will see guns on the regular if a member of your household isn't a big gun guy. Rural areas or the ghetto.
The ghetto one is the problem, because its almost always being used for something very bad, in a very unsafe manner, and completely illegally. This is also the only one most of the Left sees (because their urban sprawls always have ghettos) and the one they talk about the most (so Europe thinks every neighborhood in America is a nigger infested ghetto).
Like, your street probably has a few guns on it at any time. But if you aren't a crime heavy area you'll also probably never see one of them in your lifetime.
Hearing gunshots in rural areas prompts a reaction of "oh, the old farmer must be lining up his rifle for deer season" or "nice, somebody bought a new gun". Shooting in well-seasoned urban areas is somewhat different.
In the city sirens are nothing to worry about but gunshots are very bad. In the country it's the other way around.