During my first enlistment in the Marine Corps, I was on I&I duty with, what became a great friend and room-mate, a fellow Marine named Dennis Treiner.
He was a great Marine and guy, but he did something extremely stupid, and paid the ultimate price.
While kidding around (yes, he should have known better) he pointed what he "knew" was an unloaded 1911 .45 at his head and pulled the trigger (he was making fun of the Russian roulette scene in the movie "Deer Hunter"), instantly killing himself in front of me, another Marine, two female friends from his hometown, and his young fiance (this was in out out-in-town duplex).
Did I turn anti-gun, anti-2nd Amendment after this senseless death of a great friend? Of course not. I did not blame the inanimate object, but the stupidity of my friend. Just as I don't blame the firearms misused by a criminal or a crazed individual. That is misguided and flawed logic.
I don't give ANYONE a break on that type of "logic", even a great man like Ronald Reagan.