Of course, people are ultimately responsible for bad things.
And true, no law or regulation can stop a determined criminal, or a freak accident. So should we outlaw seat belts? You know, the Right opposed them, too. How many lives and maimings does it take, Jody?

It is wrong, even criminal, to suggest that because of this we should do nothing at all; that because a law isn't perfect there should be none at all. To this twisted mind-set, even common sense precautions are pointless because you can always find a way to do evil, or because you can always point to at least one case where a perfectly reasonable safeguard was short-circuited or a safety feature was bypassed.

This is the kind of perverse logic the NRA throws around, because it helps to obscure their real agenda, one that is only concerned with their own selfishness and greed at the expense of the common welfare. The PEOPLE certainly do stupid and evil things, but you can't blame them for the full depth and breadth of the body count, and the victims should not be blamed for the crimes inflicted on them.

I expect this kind of dodgeball from the wingnuts. You can do better.