As a young boy, I lived in Italy, where firearms are controlled and difficult to get, but I was around firearms quite a bit when I lived there. No handguns, but shotguns and hunting rifles were not totally uncommon.
When I worked for a Japanese company, the executives and engineers were from Japan. They were absolutely astonished that anyone who wanted to could buy a firearm here in the USA. I told them I was absolutely astonished that anyone who wanted one could not buy one in Japan. I got some funny looks over that one. Seems their government in Japan has been telling the populace that guns are related to crime, so the normally law-abiding citizens are somewhat apprehensive about firearms. But some of them were brave enough to risk going out hunting with us. They were giddy with excitement around the guns, and a couple of them actually let us talk them into shooting our shotguns.