The truth is that, despite the Second Amendment, guns are less accessible today than at any time in American history. There are more than 20,000 gun-control laws and regulations already on the books. Before 1968, there was no federal regulation at all of ordinary handguns and long guns. The only federal regulation was one passed in the 1930s that did not ban, but required a special license to purchase, fully automatic weapons, sawed-off shotguns and silencers. Before that legislation, anybody who wanted to could buy a sub-machine gun, fully automatic, at most any store, without filling out any paperwork at all.
Guns are to America what the sword is to Japan.
We would not exist as a country today without guns. For the majority of America's history, guns were as common in an American household as a broom or cooking pot. Today, most states will not allow children to own a BB gun or to shoot one unless an adult is present. I received my Daisy BB gun at age 5, and I shot it unsupervised. It was among a duffel bag full of pistols he brought back from the war.