The intractable nature of the gun violence problem in the United States resists meaningful analysis. Even more so, the problem resists effective solutions. Perhaps this resistance itself is meaningful, pointing to suppression and denial of deeper problems in the national psyche. Pushing beyond familiar treatments of gun culture, this presentation will examine the depth psychology of homicide by firearm by considering the collective myths and cultural complexes that make this particular form of violence so prevalent. Compared to similar societies around the globe, these myths and complexes both heighten the propensity to target and shoot others and lower the capacity for the soul-searching necessary to mitigate this propensity. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of where responsibility for gun violence lives, and where transformative possibilities may also be located.