Environmental? I suppose. Our environment was a product of our disagreement with your King George III, and the Founders, in setting up their system of checks and balances, gave the final check to The People in the forms of the soap box, ballot box, and finally, the cartridge box. They understood all too well what the armed general populace did to help push King George’s Redcoats back across the pond.
Audie Murphy, one of our most decorated WWII Soldier’s , didn’t learn to be a crack shot in the Army, he learned as a boy in Texas, putting food on the table for his family.
We’re spread out. Most of our states are bigger than all of Britain. If you need help against a miscreant; best be prepared to take care of it yourself, cause a 911 call can take time for help to arrive.
Yea, I can buy the environment argument, but there’s more to it than that.
Freedom ain’t free - you best be prepared to defend it!
Don't fergit that great Tennessean Sgt. York !!!