that they are effective varmit control and food gathering tools is a good side effect. The cultural difference is when I want a gun to kill someone, it is annoying to have to track down a cop or rob a gun store then go after the person needing killing while the person needing killing is beating feet as fast as possible. Your culture either does not approve of any killing or only allowing people far from the circumstances to decide. I would rather live in a society where if I decide who needs killing and those same dispassionate civilians decide after the fact if I was right or not.
thanx,
bill