Reply #118: True, but irrelevant to this argument.

[porphyrian]

Weapons are tools designed by us for killing. Without us, they are merely tools. Those tools are not the problem, the hand that wields them is. Banning tools, be they Ford Rangers or bazookas, isn't a real solution to deaths caused by those wielding the tools. The correct course of action is to change the mind of those who would kill. Of course, this is also the most difficult course of action, so most people don't want to invest the resources necessary to actually solve the problem and they rely instead on bandaid quick-fixes, like bans or mandatory sentencing, which never work in the long run.