If they are going to pick on one weapon used in a murder, then they should pick on every last one. They just want guns out of the hands of the patriotic people. An unarmed population is easier to control.
The gun is an inanimate object incapable of committing an act of violence in and of itself, just as a fence post, knife, screwdriver, baseball bats, etc are. It takes an evil minded human to pick them up and use them for illegal purposes to commit that act of murder.
All the above are used to commit murder, but the anti-gun nut jobs don't want to understand that fact.
I am a responsible gun owner, my 38 when not on my hip or bedside, along with the other guns are kept locked in a metal gun safe. And when the grand and great grand come over they are all locked up! I want no accidents because they are curious.
I am as much pro gun as I am pro life. One of those bitter clingers to my Bible, guns, I'll leave the trucks to those who like them...I drive a mini-van or a Corola coupe, depending on what I have to do for the day.
/sarc/ I just wanted to fault Harvard!