Does U.S. militarism and nationalism play any role in domestic gun violence?

The U.S. is the largest arms dealer in the world, and the largest military power by far. Military and nationalistic propaganda is large part of its culture (daily national anthem at schools, sporting events, air force flyovers, parades, or the fetishization of military personal and police officers, movies, and video games).

U.S. foreign policy – both historically and currently – shows it to be a rogue state that is in an almost constant state of war. And veterans/active military members are granted higher status of respect and deference.

Could one assume that a hyper-nationalistic and militaristic nation might have some influence over the attitude of its domestic population concerning weapons and violence?