I agree backhoe.
Guns can save a life.
Guns can take a life.
A gun can't do anything without a person to operate it.
The same can be said for bats, knives, ice picks, ball point pens, keys, nail clippers, etc.
Exactly- lifeless pieces of steel until human hands touch them.
If you want to harm a large group of people, there's nothing like a big car or truck- I could teach you in about 30 minutes how to send a vehicle into a controlled broadslide under power- stunt drivers do it all the time- and you can wipe out a streetful of folks that way.
It's a "humanity problem," and one of good and evil. There is only so much laws and regulations can do.