We would actually be way past where Australia is right now actually. America's Hollywood, government agencies and politicians are the cesspool of the most evil, sickening and despicable people to exist. Our beautiful guns and 2nd A has prevented that from being the case though. We would've lost America and her freedoms a long time ago.
We have much to be grateful, for we are one of the very few countries that have increased with having procession over guns, versus decreasing. May that hopefully ALWAYS be the case.....or we will be far worse than where Australia is right now.
I think everyone is missing the point... The combination of 2A and the fact that the USA Military is one of the strongest in the world makes them cautious about doing crazy shit world wide. Seriously imagine they start shooting people in the street in Australia or Canada or anywhere in the EU. The American people would lose their shit. The tyrants can't go full Tiananmen Square because the millisecond they do they risk activating the USA. But they can't do jack shit in the USA because the citizens have just as many guns as they do.
2A is the only thing preventing world wide tyranny right now.