9/11 is not caused by guns, I agree with that.
9/11 rousing fear of terrorism finally hitting home, which is often pictured as crazies with guns? Plausible.
It's the fear of guns that creates/powers this devil, not the use of guns itself.
Again, answering the original question of
No, I don't think it's wanting to claim that widespread gun violence didn't exist prior to 9/11. Now, why didn't the Gun Devil appear during WW2? I have no idea. Surely guns were scary then.Originally Posted by MFauli