No, it's realy quite rare. Anything that contains mutiple murders has usully been with long rifles or some description or another.

One of the main reasons we have far less gun crime here is simply because hand guns are restricted. You can own one but the basic belief is that it's not going to be used agaisnt anyone. With less hand guns available suddenly you have a far less gun mentality and far less gun deaths.

We still depend on the cops to sort stuff out for us if we feel threatened. You are allowed to use deadly force if needed but I rarely har of it. Yes, be have B&E's but most of the time no one is home. Your average thief isn't usually armed. I'm pretty sure that any gun crime will get you 5 years.

Almost none of the current population remembers when you could carry a hand gun around so it's simply not part of our every day life. Believe me, it's something you can get used to quite easily.