“A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.”
– Lucius Annaeus Seneca, AKA Seneca the Younger
Moral letters to Lucilius/Letter LXXXVII. Some Arguments in Favour of the Simple Life
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_87
C. 65 A.D.
So here we have a noted man of letters/philosophy who figured out the correct moral stance on this almost 2000 years ago, and yet here we have determined fools like the members of the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board trying to steer the sheeple otherwise, blaming the sword.