Awash in weaponry, that's the USofA.  Safer for it?  No not at all. Way way way not statistically either. Way not compared to other nations. Just not. NRA as enabler rises to domestic terrorist.  George W. Bush had that right. "....you enable, you are one."  That's the NRA. "Terror:  1) Intense overpowering fear.  2) Something, as a terrifying object or occurrence."   The American Heritage Dictionary, 2nd edition.