Sorry, I was late getting lunch.. made me grouchy... LOL

More guns doesn't always mean more murder. I think even the fairly anti-gun Michael Moore demonstrated this in "Bowling for Columbine" in which he showed how Canadians -- who also have a lot of guns -- have a murder rate only a fraction of that of the U.S.

Also, I would venture to say the murder rate here, in Wyoming, is -- per capita -- fairly low. And this is about as gun-saturated a place as you could hope to find in the country... if not the entire planet.

(Now, our SUICIDE rate in Wyoming is unusually high.. but that's a whole other ball of wax)

I agree with you that Americans are a little "gun crazy." And there might not be a practical need for guns, guns, guns everwhere in some of our larger cities.

What might make sense in terms of gun regulation for New York City or L.A. would be completely overboard in a place like Wyoming.

Out where I live, there IS such a practical use for them. Many people, me included, count on big game meat as a pretty significant source of food. Yes, I could survive without it. But, it certianly makes my grocery bill much, much cheaper. And as I've indicated in posts on other subjects, I live on a VERY tight budget, I struggle. And without the option of putting a deer in the freezer every autumn.. it could become a particularly unpleasant struggle for me.
Besides that, most U.S. beef is so full of fat and chemicals, I'd rather not eat it. Wild game is a great, lean, healthy source of protein, B-vitamins and other nutrients.