No they're not. A vehicles' original design and intention of use is for transportation, since everybody couldn't own a train and horses were slower in comparison.
A firearm is a weapon, designed to kill, be that an animal or other humans. Just because you can find a couple of cases where someone intentionally used a vehicle to kill someone, doesn't make vehicles a plaque of such magnitude as firearms, which... once again, in case you didn't get it before..... Are Designed To Kill Things.
There is no other alternative use for firearms other then to kill things. You can't open your beer can with them, you can't write an exam with them, you can't fix your damn car with them.... all you can do is shoot things.
And if killing things means a firearm is a tool, then that makes me wonder what kind of business you are in.
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Oh Bull****.
i have .22 target pistols, incredibly inefficient for killing anything, especially the single shot free pistol. I have an old 30 inch barreled, double apeture sighted single shot .22 target rifle....once again, incredibly inefficient tool for killing. Ever seen a bench rest rifle? Not made for killing.
You shouldn't be so all-inclusive.
And I don't have a problem with guns that were made for combat.
And I've driven armoured trucks designed to run over cars, thus squising the poop out of would-be robbers.