America is so far from free its ludicrous, and the mindset that everyone is against you and you may need to kill them is one of the biggest issues the world faces.
I agree your government is fkd and if i lived there i would want to own guns to protect myself too. They are too far gone now.
In relation to comparing you to other countries, you are similiar in a lot of ways and in a lot of ways youre not but if you think America was the first to stand up to people you need to have a look at history.