Would we blame a paint brush for a beautiful picture, or a lathe for the metalwork it produces? Would we blame a hammer for a nail that's pounded, or a saw for wood cut in two? How about a drill? Is it its fault a hole is bored all the way through a piece of wood? If we outlaw any one of these tools, the function it is made for would be made difficult to achieve. It is no different with a tool of death, a tool of killing. If we outlaw it, the killing is made more difficult.
It is easy to say, Guns don't kill, people do. It's a cute statement. But, does it really just redirect us, scurry our minds away from what role the gun really does play?
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