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So if you own a gun you suddenly don't care that your actions will kill your parents/grandparents?

More like, there's always going to be a certain % of the population who believes the virus is overblown, and the measures the government are taking is too strict and/or bad for the economy. If those people also have guns, the situation gets much more dangerous.

If you own a gun, you might be inclined to use it when the G-men come round to weld the doors to your home shut, as the Chinese government did as part of its very effective containment measures.

Europe has an unarmed population and raigning in the virus during the summer proves impossible as everyone wants to go on vacation or suffer the FOMO of watching their friends' beach photos on Instagram instead so nobody gives two shits about the virus anymore.

So they are unable to lock people up in the US due to arms?