Cars are a necessity; for the vast majority, guns are not. False equivalency, IMHO. 

As for the travel advisory - well, I do go to places with travel advisories and will go to the USA again. I have friends down there and have been many times. I was just making the point that it feels like it's getting uglier there. I'm not angry with anybody about it, BTW  -  mostly just sad, to tell you the truth.