I think we might agree that it is not the gun or the knife or the axe-head that sheds innocent blood, rather it is the hands. This means the heart that controls the hands that controls the weapon. The sin is in the heart... no weapon is really required for this.
Proverbs 6:17
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,
Agreed 100%. Something interesting too on this subject though of gun control and preventing the shed of innocent blood. In my home country of Canada guns are severely restricted.
They do background checks on EVERYONE that wants to own a gun and basically, you can only own a gun as a Citizen for basically one reason, to hunt. The law might have changed in the case of self defense but, I haven't lived there in a while. I do know that if you killed a person in self defense when your life is in danger with ANY weapon you are not held legally responsible.
They do not recognize firing ranges (Although you're allowed to go to them) or casual shooting in your back yard to be a valid reason to own a gun. You HAVE to keep your gun in the home at all times unless you have a special permit that allows you to but these guns also have to have safety guards on them so that they cannot be used and it's only in the case of transport. The background checks include criminal records, if you have ANY history of a violent crime you are not allowed to own a gun. Well, you are but you have to pretty much prove over the course of a lot of time that you've changed. I think there's a limit to how many violent crimes you can commit too.
It also checks for mental health history. If you have a psychiatric disorder like I do, you are NOT allowed to own a gun. Under, ANY circumstances.
And if you visiting Canada, you are not allowed to bring a gun, PERIOD. It is an extremely heavy fine if you are caught attempting to bring one across the border.
They also restrict the kind of firearm you're allowed to buy. You cannot have anything really past a 9mm or a basic hunting rifle. And under no circumstances are you allowed military weapons (should be obviously).
Because of these strict and unfair laws (to an American anyway) gun violence almost NEVER happens in Canada. A majority of violent crimes committed in Canada involve knives or other less lethal weapons. Yes, guns slip through the cracks and gun crime happens. Usually with a 9MM and almost never with a military weapon. There was a massive shooting at Parliment hill in Ottawa two years back. But, it is
extremely rare.
I know it sounds unfair but, if America and all of the other countries in the world had stricter gun control like Canada has, almost NONE of the violent gun crime in America would be happening. They do almost absolutely no criminal background checks here and criminals and people like me are allowed to own guns. And then Americans wonder why there is so much gun crime. And why X school got shot up and then try to place the blame away from the acutal problem. They'll blame video games, or bad parenting skills, or anything else that they can blame without conceding to the fact that if they had proper gun control and didn't give guns to the legally insane, these things wouldn't be happening.
The problem isn't the legally insane, or the criminal the problem is that you're allowing legally insane people and criminals to own guns in the first place. Also, some states allow and encourage people to own military weapons. What could you possibly need a military weapon for? EXCEPT to kill people with and except for warfare. That's kind of what they were designed for...
