I don't know the various laws regarding guns in those countries so I can't really make a comment on something that seems far more complicated than any generic statement I can offer.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gun-use...re-11546857000
But guns do exist in Europe.
How far deep you want to get into researching it is up to you but I particularly am not going to do it at this specific time.
I think the history of how Americans became gun loving is precisely due to Europe's obsession with war in the first place. America's gun defenders will always state that they want to protect themselves against government tyranny. Tyranny which began with Britain and the French.
Europe, largely responsible for both World Wars and many other wars in other regions (even today, the lasting impact).
How those gun laws came to place is directly related to the history of the world as to why one country is more gun crazed than an entire continent which history has shown, has suffered from very radical governments at one point in time.
You and I both know that there are a multitude of reasons and categories we can separate gun homicides. Gang violence is a huge part in that. Gun deaths per capita is also far below what it was in the 1970's. The rates are also far lower than some Latin American countries as well. It's not perfect but like I've stated, a ton of room for improvement.
We're advocating for the same thing at the end of the day: We want fewer deaths by guns. We just disagree on how to get there.