Just a technical note to start with. People legally can and do have fully automatic belt fed machine guns in the US. They are limited in number and are subject to more laws. They, except for one time I think, have never been used in a crime since the 30s.
There have been several school shootings in Finland and Germany in the last 10 years or so. Plus the incident in Norway.
You are right, people in both places are looking for physical security. But many more people in the US would rather look more to themselves for that security than to the government. Governments can't be fully trusted.
In that part of Africa, most of the people living there could probably attest to that.
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