It’s also very much the people.

people without access to guns are much less dangerous

That’s true. But a knife kills too. Only on a smaller scale. There is something in the American culture, psyche, whatever that drives people to kill other people. On a scale that is not known anywhere else in the Western world.

I dont think that's accurate. There are murders all over the world, but less access to guns.

Most other western countries have a murder rate of around 1 and less per 100.000 people. The US is close to 6, tucked in between countries like Bolivia, Mongolia and Pakistan. The US a pressure cooker. Anger, hatred and prejudice. It is the same reason we see the very toxic political culture.

The murder rate is higher because we have more guns.

That’s counterfactual. There is no way of knowing.