I&#x27;m Australian, live in Canada, am a hunter who owns a rifle and am currently visiting the US. In the last couple of months, I&#x27;ve seen more guns than I have in my entire life.<p>Two days ago I walked into a friends unlocked garage to find at least 75 guns, mostly loaded, with ammunition lying all over. Some semi-auto assault rifles, some hunting rifles, tons of handguns. All perfectly legal (and legal to not be locked up too).<p>I think it&#x27;s sad to live in a &quot;successful&quot; country where regular citizens feel the need to carry a loaded weapon in public. I think that&#x27;s a strong indicator something is very wrong with this society.<p>I&#x27;m not an expert, and obviously guns don&#x27;t kill people, though it&#x27;s my observation there are a LOT of readily available guns in the US, and the US has a lot of guns deaths.<p>As an avid hunter I would never advocate &quot;Taking the guns away&quot;, though I do think a few things should change - I believe gun laws in the US could be somewhat similar to Canada and Australia (no semi-autos or fully autos, basically no handguns, must be locked up, must apply for a license, need license to even buy ammo, etc) and gun enthusiasts can still have appropriate guns, while the sheer number of guns would drop substantially.<p>Citizens already can&#x27;t own surface to air missiles, so we&#x27;ve already established some weapons are not suitable for private citizens, now we&#x27;re just talking about what falls into what category.<p>I know it&#x27;s a very difficult thing to change, as gun ownership is the 2nd amendment and is seen as a right not a privilege.