I am not a native American. In fact, I grew up not far from you in a country with even more restrictions on guns than Germany. At first, I felt like you when I moved to the USA. Guns were for criminals only, I stayed away from them. Later, I came to realize that the picture painted by the media here in the US (and re-reported abroad) is a very one-sided account of how private gun ownership works.

For me, it has become clear that the founders included the right to own guns in the 2nd amendment to our Constitution for a reason, and that reason is still valid today.