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"Guns don't kill people. People kill people."
Somebody whose name i forgot
Generally keeping myself out of this war mess, while not trying to justify Russia's bullshit they pull off, a lot of what PrivacyG said resonates with me.
Anyway, let me correct above quote, it is from Stan Smith, famous CIA agent and actually goes like:
"Guns don't kill people, guns defend people from other people with smaller guns." Found it!Don't know if Weird Al can be considered "famous", but "somebody" sure fits

I found it worthwile to read the comment section, btw.
Well that was a fun little rabbit hole! And just to confirm, my .45 has been consistently loaded for the 10+ years that I have owned it, as has my wife's 9mm. Neither to this date has gone on a rampage and killed any innocent bystanders. But both have been used to put down potentially dangerous rabid animals, and in several known instances (likely many more unknown) acted as a deterrent to potential aggressors weighing their odds of success. People often quote numbers of how many lives guns take, but they never weigh that against how many lives they save.