Don't have time to do the research right now, but I highly doubt that. There has been an uptick of a particular type of crime, but overall the rates have been dropping. You're simply a victim of the MSM.
I'd love to see that statistic, but in my experience, no they don't. In certain parts of the country, it might be likely a lot of people have them for hunting or home security. Other places are much like Europe (as you say) where they are rare. (Well, then there is Switzerland, where everyone has one?)
It was there to help guarantee the rest of the rights! Is that somehow over now? Please explain!
But, you didn't address the rest of my comment. The guns have always been here. What changed?
Just FYI... the NRA was actually the group who developed and promoted the gun restrictions in the first place. They also advocate proper training, etc. I think you're confused a bit. Again, as above, a victim of the MSM.
But, yes, the proper procedure would be to remove the amendment from the constitution. The people pushing the anti-gun narrative know there is no chance of that (at least in the short-term, until they've had enough brainwashing time via the media and schools), so that's are trying other sneaky methods.
Let me fix that for you... we're well past that. The fishing expeditions are now trying to find people who
they think might do something wrong someday!
Of course, we have our former CIA director (Brennan) who said recently, "People, you know, are innocent until alleged to be involved in some kind of criminal activity." So, times, they are a changing...
(I doubt that was a slip, but indicative of his thinking. And, note, the interviewers don't even question it, or seem to catch it!)
I'm not sure that is actually the case. My understanding is just that the licensing involved makes it so expensive, few have them. But, yeah, the MSM regularly misreports that, calling anything and everything assault weapons and confusing semiautomatic with automatic, etc.
It sometimes seems that the masses are ignorant of history and/or even a basic ability to think more than a few moments into the future from their present state of being. It's like... 'Everything is kinda OK for me right now. Sure, go ahead and take my rights away.'