***My Guns have never been Violent. They are inanimate objects. ***
Not according to TV shows from 1969-1985. Standard plot was... man buys his wife a .25 cal handgun. Gun escapes house with a burglar and goes on a killing spree with others who come into possession of the gun.
Gun is finally cornered and melted down into a sewer cover.
As Dr Quincy said about a pistol on his TV series, “WE’VE GOT TO STOP ‘IT’ BEFORE ‘IT’ KILLS AGAIN!