What is a gun? Basically, the gun was invented to be a weapon; designed for the sole purpose of discharging, or shooting, a projectile at very high rates of speed. Its function is to inflict the maximum possible amount of damage to the target at which the projectile is shot—in the above example, a person. When used as intended, a gun has no other innate function but that of a dangerous weapon.
What is a spoon? Basically, the spoon was invented to be a tool; designed with a handle at one end, and a concave scoop at the other. Its purpose is to transfer material from place to place—in the above example, food to the human mouth. When used as intended, a spoon functions innately as an eating utensil, but can be used to perform other tasks, as well.
So, on to the (so-called) debate. If guns kill people, do spoons make people fat? *SPOILER ALERT* The answer is, NO. However; that answer isn't useful for arriving at any relevant conclusions regarding the inferred comparative inertness of a gun and a spoon. This is because the question--itself—is a non-starter: it really can't be usefully answered. Drawing a comparison between guns and spoons is a false one, to begin with. Basically, there is no debate on the issue posed by the question.
A gun can only be used as a deadly weapon because that's what a gun is inherently designed to be. A spoon is something that can be used to eat with and, sometimes, to fill a bowl with ice cream, or add soil to a potted plant. The point is, a spoon can be used to do things other than serve as an eating utensil because it wasn't designed to only be used for that purpose. In fact, aside from being comprised of similar materials, there is no useful comparison between a gun and a spoon, at all.
The posing of such a question quickly betrays the intention, of the person asking it, to obscure or deflect scrutiny from the issue being inquired about. They're smokescreens, and nothing more. It's kind of like asking, "If guns kill people, do airplanes give people indigestion?" There are simply no useful answers to these types of absolutely asinine questions. Time spent trying to arrive at any is wasted... have a bowl of Rocky Road, instead. [=
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