A South Carolina Republican congressman is not backing down from critics after he pulled out his own personal — and loaded — .38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun during a meeting with constituents Friday….

The move, Norman said, was intended to prove “guns don’t shoot people; people shoot guns.”

Reinforcing his point, the weapon, a 38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun, did not shoot anyone as it sat there quietly on a table in front of the lawmaker.

Ok, guns by themselves are not particularly dangerous. Who cares? The fact that guns make people very dangerous is the important point. After all how many people could the Las Vegas shooter have killed or injured so quickly without his arsenal of high powered weapons?