Again, it’s not that hard to get a gun. If someone 18+ wants a gun, they can generally get one rather easily in most states.
It’s also worth pointing out that in many cases it takes more training to become a plumber or beauty technician than to become a police officer, and there is something inherently wrong with that. If someone has to put in more training to hold a pair of scissors to my hair over holding a gun to my head, then that’s a serious problem. Source: https://www.insider.com/some-police-academies-require-fewer-hours-of-training-plumbing-2020-6
We have insufficient healthcare, education, family support, mental health systems (among many, many other issues). My guess is that every American user on this forum knows someone who’s died because of a lack of healthcare, addiction to drugs, or who was a victim of gun violence (again, among other preventable causes). It’s a sobering and sad truth for most Americans.