Literally people have died thanks to these laws because of trigger-happy arseholes thinking they're backed by these laws, even if there have been verdicts to the contrary like [1].

The problem is: there are way too many guns in circulation in the US, there are way too many vaguely written (or titled) laws that seem to allow this kind of use, and it sends shockwaves through the country regularly. Hell, it even has an impact on policing because police legitimately have to fear getting shot over as benign interactions as traffic stops [2][3], with the result of outright homicides by cops in return [4].

I'm European and hell no I won't ever visit the US until y'all have your gun problems resolved (and your border control under control instead of employing rapists and other goons with a license to search your electronic devices, but that's another topic).

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/24/us/michael-drejka-stand-y...

[2] https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/stor...

[3] https://www.police1.com/officer-safety/articles/ga-officer-s...

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Philando_Castile