No, Americans who legitimately own guns for hunting, target shooting and self defense aren't the ones shooting others. This is simple to understand. The problem is still keeping those guns out of the hands of those that are mentally ill and who go off because of it. Americans will never turn their guns in, so it's best to think of other ways to curb the violence. like psychological tests for possible gun owners, and locking all guns away. Mental illnesses and bad parenting is always the problem with all world problems. That's the place where work's needed.