we agree that guns are equalizers - it allows a small woman to fend off a large man. That is the point. They make it physically easier to kill. Like, that is their entire point outside of sport.

for being more mentally available, I was just reading about some asshole that shot at a car that pulled into his driveway. Yes, he is mentally unhinged. I don't feel it is a stretch to say that owning a gun enabled him to feel safe and shoot the people from a distance and had he needed to get into a physical altercation, it very likely would not have ended with dead kids in the driveway.

I'm a gun rights supporter. I own guns. I take my kids shooting. People need to be held responsible. People can kill without guns, of course. But there is no way to argue that guns don't make killing more accessible.