> But violence is caused, first and foremost, by people being asshats to each other. No. Violence is caused, first and foremost, by people being violent. Give

> But violence is caused, first and foremost, by people being asshats to each other. No. Violence is caused, first and foremost, by people being violent. Give them means or tools to be more violent and they'll use them. Thus guns existence are a factor in the violence scale. Guns aren't tools like the other ones just like the nuclear bomb isn't like any V2. Moreover many quiet people who aren't asshats have been the victims of asshats, and sometimes only because they precisely aren't asshats.