I live on the NY/PA state line between Buffalo and Rochester, we barely took a couple moments to pay any heed to covid down here. Hundreds times more guns than people here.
True, it only averages out to ~1.x guns per person when you look at the whole country. Once you realize at least 30% of the population lives in areas where hardly any households have guns, then the other areas must be at least 2-3 guns per person.