Guns Don't Kill People, And Apparently Neither Does Stupidity

There is an effective commercial against the children lost from gun violence the features a funeral procession driving through various neighborhoods, and the small children that come out to look vanish. It is pretty touching (at least to a hormonal pregnant woman), but it is diminished by one thing - the commentary keeps talking about "gun crimes." You know, the "x number of children are killed every day by gun crimes" sort of thing. My personal favorite statement is "please think before you commit a gun crime." Now, i get the point, and it's clear they don't want to limit themselves to just armed robbery, or assault with a deadly weapon, but seriously, who says 'gun crime?' It is a ridiculous phrase and it takes away from the gravitas of the ad. I think they would have gotten the same message across if they had said gun violence, or just stuck to asking people to think twice before picking up a gun. Cause honestly, most so called gun crimes are probably other types of crimes that where the gun is incidental rather than the feature. People who are planning to murder someone probably aren't too concerned about the possible casualties since that's the main goal, and the ones who are just planning to car jack someone aren't going to pause and think to themselves "hmmm, maybe I shouldn't commit this gun crime."