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Id argue that it is not so much American gun control that is different but American gun culture.

The Nordic countries are not far behind on gun ownership, and I recently learned (I have my gun background from mandatory military training + farming/hunting, so mostly bolt action except in military) that even semi automatic are still very accessible than I assumed, you just need to know how.

The Czech Republic is even more liberal than that.

Several European countries also practice the storage of military weapons at home, actual full auto assault rifles meant to defend against an invader.

So again: the difference I think is more in culture than in the amount of weapons. Obviously control makes a difference as to who gets hold of the weapons, but again, the rules are pretty lax: a good reason (hunting and/or sports shooting), and, in the case of sports shooting (at least for single hand guns) a recommendation from a local club.

The American culture were guns are stored loaded around the house however and the glorification of gun violence, that however scares me.