i'm sure other countries have no idea where the fearmongering comes from in the US lol. I mean I have a gun and sure the area where I live isn't the safest but i'm not really expecting someone to bust down my door and kill everyone inside my apartment, nor do I expect to get robbed at gunpoint walking to my car and I tend to avoid areas at night time that are riddled with crime.
meanwhile you have dudes in affluent areas who are gun nuts under the guise of "home defense" just hoping they get to shoot and kill someone, with their tacticool flashlight, cerakote'd gun, 20,000 home cameras and 3 shotguns and 4 pistols