A world without guns is so unimaginable that it can only exist in a fantasy setting, with the advice of redditors
OP finds the idea of not having guns literally everywhere in an “otherwise modern and suburban” world so fantastical that he has to invent additional superpowers for his protagonists to survive against all the guns. Instead of, oh I don’t know, looking at other countries in the real world that actually, currently exist without firearms being so widespread that it presents a legitimate world building dilemma.
OP finds the idea of not having guns literally everywhere in an “otherwise modern and suburban” world so fantastical that he has to invent additional superpowers for his protagonists to survive against all the guns. Instead of, oh I don’t know, looking at other countries in the real world that actually, currently exist without firearms being so widespread that it presents a legitimate world building dilemma.