Two Pentagon police officers were wounded yesterday when a man walked up to the entrance of the complex’s subway station, pulled a handgun out of his pocket, and began firing. Officers returned fire and killed the shooter. A motive for the shooting has not yet been determined.

Immediately, those in favor of gun control seized upon it as a prime example of why guns should be banned.

A posting on one policical website stated, "this story clearly denies the logic behind, 'Guns don’t kill people; people kill people.'" Except, of course, that it doesn't. The gun did not drag itself to the Pentagon and open fire while lying on its side. It required a person to make the decision to attempt to kill.

The follow up logic to support that assertion was that, "the man obviously wouldn’t have the means or resources to harm these police officers without the use of firearms." Really? I guess he didn't hear about the Wahiawa, Hawaii desk sergeant who narrowly avoided being stabbed by a piece of Plexiglas a few days ago. Not surprising since Plexiglas stabbings rarely make national news. For a little more mainstream weapon, we can look at Tennessee where about a week ago a Memphis police officer was attacked and stabbed multiple times when a suspect pulled out a knife.

Guns aren't the only tool that can be used for evil.