Why is gun crime so high in the United States compared to all other countries where guns are legal? (THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR GOVERNMENT)

Because the US is one of the only countries where firearms are legal

Explanation:

The U.S. has the 32nd-highest rate of deaths from gun violence in the world: 3.96 deaths per 100,000 people in 2019. That was more than eight times as high as the rate in Canada, which had 0.47 deaths per 100,000 people — and nearly 100 times higher than in the United Kingdom, which had 0.04 deaths per 100,000.

a) the colonists began to see themselves as different from people in britain.