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In USA individuals not only own guns, they propagate need to have it as a right!

One of the most interesting things I noticed in Salt Lake City where I right now, is the prevalence of gun culture. Anecdotes take a round on how someone fired at an xyz person, and yet got way with it. Nothing new, as we in India also keep reading about how guns are commonly used in the US leading to fatalities even in schools.
As we were moving towards the nearby mountains, I noticed a young man on a motorbike. His t-shirt proudly advertised the necessity of keeping a gun. Printed on the backside of the t-shirt was "You can't buy happiness, but you can buy guns", offering the name of the place where you can have it. Searching on the internet, I found that, as per a 2023 survey, 32% of Americans own at least one firearm. From 1994 to 2023, 28% gun ownership increased in America, in which women ownership increased by 13.6%!
The recent use of an assault rifle by asuspected gunman who shot Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13 may be a stark reminder about the dangers of gun culture. The two main parties, the  Democrats and the Republics, only differ on how much should one control guns. The former advocate  gun control through increasingly restrictive regulation of gun ownership; the latter advocate for gun rights oppose increased restriction, or support the liberalization of gun ownership.

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