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Your point of opposition to OP is noted, but your analogy misses on almost every point of comparison but that they are two things among many that contribute to untimely deaths. Live fire isn't exactly contagious, and people who interact with live fire with any frequency do wear vests. You might do better comparing firearms (begun with gunpowder in China a thousand years ago) to measles which also began[1] a thousand years ago.

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html

Continuing on with the firearm analogy:

If I’m hunting, and a misfire causes an accident, it matters how it happens. If it is the gun maker’s fault - I don’t purchase from them anymore.

The origin story matters if we depend on a dishonest (possibly) vendor to cure a problem where they were part of the initial failure.

> Your logic is absolutely drenched in bias. It makes me curious what you do for a living and where you’re from.

... Yes, let's do talk about bias.