Arguably worse. We had a civil war almost immediately after independence and the government handled it by enacting heavy gun control and disarming everyone. In practice, you can own a breaking action shotgun for pest control, hunting and skeet shooting, but almost no one does. You can also own a .22 target rifle if you're a sports shooter, but you can't keep it at home or transport it without a good reason. If you shoot someone you're fucked, even in self defence.