Your point of opposition to OP is noted, but your analogy misses on almost every point of comparison but that they are two things among many that contribute to

Your point of opposition to OP is noted, but your analogy misses on almost every point of comparison but that they are two things among many that contribute to untimely deaths. Live fire isn't exactly contagious, and people who interact with live fire with any frequency do wear vests. You might do better comparing firearms (begun with gunpowder in China a thousand years ago) to measles which also began[1] a thousand years ago. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html