Luckily Poirot, most of us know that the many films where guns are used/glorified are just fiction, and thus don't take them seriously, or seek to emulate the gun-toting wanna-be-big-tough-boys depicted in the movies. :)

...except maybe OTB and Is Mise?

I just read a report about one law officer in the US today who didn't get much use from his gun when a prisoner took it off him and killed 2 court officers before injuring a civilian and then getting shot dead himself.
Obviously, carrying a gun does not always protect you...

http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/multiple-dead-in-michigan-courthouse-shooting/news-story/69ac4a228ff51ed29f8354273b368fe1

Suse,

That's interesting, why don't you complete it and tell us of the number of times that guns are used defensively in the US with success?

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_gun_use

I don't need to Is Mise.
The deaths by guns list for America is enough proof for me.
Look it up yourself. I am over it now.

Here's a task for you, Is Mise.

Go back to the date of the gay bar massacre, write down how many days have elapsed since then - now multiply that by 25....and you'll have a roughly accurate estimate of the number of people who have been murdered by firearm in the US since that date.

Suse and Poirot,

The point that I raised was not the number of killings but the number of times that a firearm was used defensively.

I realize that the great number of times that it happens would be distasteful to you but do broaden your outlooks.

Suse,

You mentioned the glamourizing of firearms; their lethal etc., use in entertainment is such glamourizing, fictional or otherwise.