Reasons to be proud of America...?
Ending slavery after beating the democrat party during the Civil War...guns.
The Civil Rights movement...aided by....guns.
Wait. the Civil Rights movement was aided by guns? Uh, people like you freaked out when black people started arming themselves. Ronald Reagan even signed gun control measures in California.
World War 1...saving Europe...guns.
World War 2....saving Europe part 2.....guns.
Uh, guns caused those wars.... dummy.
Keeping Russia from conquering Europe since the end of World War 2......guns.....
Well, that and Russia didn't want to conquer the third of Europe they didn't control, they had their hands full with the 2/3rds they did.
Keeping Europeans from killing each other again...since they started 2 world wars and murdered 12 million innocent men, women and children...? More guns ....
Actually, had more to do with the fact that they didn't have empires to fight over anymore....