> you don’t blame a gun for killing, but the person who pulled the trigger

This is famously the slogan of the pro-gun lobby (funded by gun manufacturers and merchants), who want the society to be awash with guns because they're profiting from it but don't want to be blamed for the consequences.

The counterpoint is that when we get rid of most of the guns we also end up substantially eliminating the killings.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_don't_kill_people%2C_peop...