TJD
I suppose I don’t understand why they shouldn’t be grouped together by the tool when firearms are common to each of those issues.
Traffic jams, double parking, and car bombs all make use of the same tool as well, but it would be asinine to put them all into the same bucket when they have entirely different causes.
Look at it this way, nobody is trying to put self harm via knife in the same category as some drug deal gone south involving a knife. So why is it reasonable to do the same when the tool is a gun? Both murder and suicide happen regardless of guns, and looking at statistics across places with more/less guns regarding murder, guns are an entirely irrelevant factor.
Conspiracy or not, it’s a shit idea
Analogically, it’s totally reasonable to construct houses by driving nails in with the backs of screwdrivers because a house gets built, the real intent.
Good choice for building? Meh. But “houses built” would certainly be a much better category than “things done with hammers”.
To the people downvoting this, genuine question, what is it about this post that you felt merited a downvote?