Say someone left a marijuana joint sitting on the kitchen counter. It might sit there untouched for a year by one person, he going past it and never being tempted. But, another person, one who has never used marijuana before but who gets thinking about it as he sees the joint morning after morning, he might eventually pick it up and smoke it.
So it is with the gun. Yes, it is an inanimate object. But, it just being around can influence us. We say guns don't kill, people do. But, that's an over-simplification and a dismissal of the truth that while guns are inanimate objects, they can and do influence us.
Clever quotes can be used to deceive us, and it is unfortunate that that is what has happened.
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