Oldguy12

The term "gun violence" needs to be banned. It shifts the focus from the perpetrator to their weapon of choice. It impregnates independent action where none exists. It personalizes an object while objectifying a person. In doing so it allows the concept of "gun control" to attain a level of logic void of reality, swaddled in emotion and nourished with fear.

Newton's First Law of Motion should be read aloud before one is allowed to opine on violence in which a gun is used; An object at rest stays at rest...unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. I own 5 firearms and have for over 20 years. In all that time not a single one of them has violated Sir Newton's law. And I don't think my guns are exceptionally well behaved - it is an immutable, absolute and unwavering fact that all 310,000,000+ guns in America are "well regulated" by Newton's laws.

I understand why those desiring more laws restricting the 2nd Amendment use the term "gun violence"...obviously if a gun is violent it needs to be controlled.  It makes for good talking points, bumper stickers and campaign speeches.  Perhaps I would hold the term in higher regard if its authors used the same logic for muggings, rapes and stabbings;  "fist violence", "penis violence" and "knife violence".

So stop focusing on the object at rest, the mechanism of hate, and deal with the unbalanced forces acting upon it.  A good start is to replace "gun violence" with "criminal violence"....at least that's based in scientific fact.