"I am very curious as to why the association is made between Americans legally owning firearms and the idea that the gun owner would overreact to anything said about them."

Because people are human, and untrained people in particular have no business being around me with weapons that can kill me if they're having a bad day with their wife. Furthermore, most people who feel they need guns appear to be very insecure and plugged into the rightwing meme machine which spreads fear about the "other" - meaning usually nonwhites. So they tend to be the very type of people who will shoot somebody over a parking space dispute. Gun culture is a sickness. It should be fought at every level.

I didn't want to dilute the Gamera brand

Just a tangential note: until Iceland lost its independence in the 12th century, it was as violent and filled with intrigues as Rome, though on a smaller, more personal scale, as the Sagas attest. Bloody multi-generational feuds dominated its history. Only after various Scandinavian kings imposed order did the internecine feuds diminish.

But I get your point.

I see you can click on the name of the poster who is being quoted and that takes you to the original post quoted. A useful feature most sites have, but the old PF didn't have (or if it did I never could find it)

So is this where the real party is?