I don't know. I lived in many beautiful countries and not owning a gun was never one of my problems. I'm just repeating what I've been seeing on nostr and more so on X. For example when people talk about moving to El Salvador "but do the have a 2nd amendment law?"
Apparently some people rather live a poor and miserable life with a gun than a happy and wealthier (and perhaps even safer one) without one. We live in a weird world.