McNair Update - Vilification of the Weapon

The focus of this story has now shifted to the gun used to facilitate this tragedy, not what led up to it. Various headlines relate to when the gun was purchased, and by whom. Do you think that if the weapon used had been a kitchen knife, there would be a headline such as "Knife Purchased on the Home Shopping Network - Part of Cutlery Set"?

Guns are inanimate objects. Guns don't get involved in love triangles or fly into jeaolous rages. Really, they just kind of sit there until picked up and used by humans, for good or for bad. The type of gun used and when and where it was purchased is largely irrelevant to this story, certainly not befitting the headlines.

Steve McNair did not deserve the death penalty. But our Second Amendment freedom doesn't either. It is time for this story to subside, so that the families can mourn and have their privacy.