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And that's why heated debates like this happen, because people don't say what they mean. A lot of people do really think the gun is the problem though.
I was raised around guns and shot them at a young age (10ish, I'm from South Jersey, not Nowhere USA), it was instilled in me "You don't fuck around with guns. Period. If you do, someone will end up getting hurt. It doesn't matter if it's a paintball gun, a BB gun, or a shotgun. Treat it with respect and only point it at things you wish to kill (metaphorically speaking for paintball guns)".
The major problem is the lack of training and respect for the weapon. People treat it like it's a party noise maker or an accessory to make you look cool/bad ass.
It doesn't seem that heated to me? Also I've never spoken to anyone who thinks that the actual gun objects are the problem; it's understood to be synecdoche.
I think responding to a literal interpretation of someone else's words as if that's what they meant as a way to criticize the way they expressed their point is more damaging to the discourse because it's a bad faith response.