Or are they ignoring the real point?
You can strangle someone if you're willing to face the mental and emotional trauma
You can kill with a knife if you're willing to get up-close & risk personal injury.
You can kill with explosives if you know how to wire and detonate a bomb.
But a gun just makes killing somebody so much easier. No risk or technical "know-how" required. And you don't have to get up-close

