Gun Madness

The right to bear arms is nearly as ridiculous as the right to arm bears.....a pro firearm guy in the US said to me that: 'the gun is just a tool like a hammer. Its what the person does with it that matters'.
Well thats quite interesting....I know that there are 11 500 gun deaths in the US each year....I wonder if the number of hammer deaths is equal or less than that?
Another point on that....a hammer is a tool designed to knock nails in and a firearm is a tool designed to kill people....a job that it does rather well I might add.