When I read stuff like this:

The gun lobby of course prefers to punish "criminals" who commit crimes or acts of violence, but gun proponents demonstrate no interest in preventing gun violence.

I can't help but think of things like:

• We need to prevent slander by removing everyones vocal cords.
• We need to prevent rape by castrating all men.
• We need to prevent prostitution by putting chastity belts on all women.
• We need to prevent child abuse by banning children.
• We need to prevent bank robberies by taking all the money from banks.
• We need to prevent car accidents by banning all cars.
• And most importantly, we need to prevent gun violence by prosecuting government officials (violation of 18 USC 242) and others (violation of 18 USC 241) that conspire to take our guns.