Swords and guns maybe...
People are not killed by guns. People are killed by other people. Some use guns, some use other objects.
It's not about the guns! It's the people who use the guns.
They use guns.
Because they think if there were no guns, there would be no crime. Unfortunately, there has been crime since long before there were guns.
A gun is an inanimate object. People were violent for THOUSANDS of years before guns existed.
people killing people with guns
Food is one.
The answer to that question is that colonial people did have guns and bought it from the market. They use the guns in duels and other things.
People would simply stab each other with swords and use other various devices to kill and maim each other instead like they did before guns were invented.
They are for all people who follow the rules of safety and use.
Machine guns were in use BEFORE WW 1. They were around for the entire war.