The problem here is the "american" gun culture and its belief in "gun as talisman". This is the notion that the mere posession of a firearm is protection and guarantee against all forms of evil.
A gun is safeguard for rape, theft, starvation, thirst, bullying, murder, government over reach, injustice, inequity and..."bad things.
In the mind of the American gun culturists, one neednt practice with this "tool for the correction of inequity", one need only own or at most brandish this magical item and all will be well.
Children will be protected, women's honor preserved, freedom and liberty upheld, personal rights maintained and natural disaster averted. Bears and snakes vanquished, voting rights supported. Gun owning Parents are able to demonstrate their love by imagining what they will do to child molesters on social media.
Yes, guns are magic to them and they become ever more magic as attachments sprout on their instruments. Red dot sights, noise suppression, Pistol grips, folding stocks, muzzle breaks, all heighten the mystical power of their charm.