I should be in bed, but this goes along with my previous post:

"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles."

These words were written by Jeff Cooper in his "Art of the Rifle".

So, no, all of you hoplophobic, anti-rights folks out there - a gun does not kill people, or cause crime, or any of the other actions you ascribe to it. It is, in fact, perfectly inanimate and incapable of any independent reasoning, thought, or impulse. It is, however, usable by men, both good and evil. And when the good folks are still legally permitted to own and carry firearms, they can make every effort to prevent the evil ones from acting, or ever doing anything ever again... But when you disarm the lawful, good, reasonable folks by passing and enforcing laws, regulations, and restrictions that criminals are not going to follow anywise... the evil men are going to run rampant, unchallenged, and unobstructed, and you just successfully made the situation worse.

Me, I would like for that to not happen, if it is all the same to you.