Why does it seem like Americans are obsessed over home invasions? Do you have a lot of them?
Constantly see people online talk about "when the robber comes thru my door" or whatever, and some of it is memes, but a lot of it is just people legit discussing what the "best weapon" to fight robbers breaking into your house at night would be - Giving it so much thought as if it is a legitimate concern. So is it? Does it happen a lot?
It's like a more personalized preoccupation with DAE le post apocalypse and DAE le zombies. Burgerlanders really, really want a justification to kill someone and await that scenario the way a small child might await Santa Claus.
When Fallout: New Vegas made its post-apocalypse Wild West themed, it was just being more honest than most American media about the real fantasy behind the setting.