John, you are being ridiculous. 
I am not "blaming" it is an observation of fact.  You are looking for excuses and blame for things to appease the unfortunate uncomfortable truth, and you are running off in some wild tangent without thinking through the issues.
you said " It's the gun that caused the death" 
I never said that inanimate objects cannot be involved in cause and effect. I DID say they can not "cause" something.
"the entire known universe " has a life of its own. Gravity, storms, objects in motion (mass and velocity), energy, heat, cold, etc. Each of those things is a force in of itself. each of those things can "cause" something. The sun is a mass of constant explosions and chair reactions. It does stuff.  A hunk of metal sitting on a shelf is none of those unless acted on by an outside force. a person.
This shit was taught to us in like 2nd grade. How so many adults forgot grammar school lessons is what is beyond senseless.

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