You forget that i said something similar. As i said before US government obviously has to take into account the interests of its private companies who make up the bulk of the US economy and are the main drivers of growth for the US economy and world leaders in technology and innovation. So US government has to take their interests/business into consideration as well(which i clearly stated before) for the US economy benefit as well.
In regards to Guns you mentioned its a similar case as well, but on top of that there is something unique here among developed countries and even european/western countries. . You have to go back to US history and how they gained their independence to understand where the gun culture comes from. The US gained its independence from us after a bitter bloody fight for independence by US citizens and militias(aided by France back then as well, they were our competitor for world dominance. lol ). However even before this, The militia/frontiersman spirit derives from an early American dependence on arms to protect themselves from foreign armies and hostile Native Americans themselves. Survival depended upon everyone being capable of using a weapon. Prior to the american revolution there was neither budget nor manpower nor government desire to maintain a full-time army. Therefore, the armed citizen-soldier carried the responsibility. Service in militia, including providing one's own ammunition and weapons, was mandatory for all men just as registering for military service upon turning eighteen is today. Yet, as early as the 1700s, the mandatory universal militia duty gave way to voluntary militia units and a reliance on a regular army thereafter. Throughout the 19th century the institution of the civilian militia began to decline and gave way to a more military one which fought for Independence against Britain. So even after gaining independence U.S citizens/people became very wary of government authority and protective of their freedom and individual rights. So people grew accustomed to bearing arms and wanted to carry on with that culture which is constitutionally protected by the US bill of rights.
So American attitudes on gun ownership date back to their revolutionary war, and comes also from the hunting/sporting ethos, and the militia/frontier ethos that draw from the country's early history. Its something Americans have kept to this day and why so many American are not in favour of having that right taken away from them. Even today many Americans are still in favour of their right to bear arms. Its a cultural/historical thing.
Anyway we have gone off topic.
