A Wildwood spouter is correct: Violence is driven by human nature. And guns do facilitate violence, but they are also causative. The too-easy availability of guns, thanks to the NRA's "any gun for anyone, anytime, anywhere, anyway" philosophy, is a powerful incentive for "bad guys" to commit crime. Given those facts about human nature and guns, those gun fanatics who believe that we should have more guns in our society is beyond absurd - it's irrational.