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Last paragraph? Either way, I will address your last two lines first. The examples I mentioned in there demonstrated other actions that can be somewhat compared to forging the hammer in the case you brought up. But they have little to do with the conclusion you want to reach. You equated...

It's a case of bad reasoning to begin with. You presented a very specific scenario and trying to turn in to a very wide generalization and an absolute. Let's change the variables. Someone invented a pencil. In 2011, a Las Vegas man jailed on charges of murdering his nephew killed his...

Yes. Excuse me for being blunt but the example is just not impractical. It's absurd. There is simply no legal or moral responsibility that you can pin the guilt on the forger logically, in circumstances described in your OP. He might have made it for making other tools. He may have made it...

Say what? No it's not the same at all. You are comparing forging of hammer to actual shooting using a gun. Former is simply making a multipurpose tool, while later is an irresponsible use of a lethal tool. Forging of hammer can be compared to making guns with license and permissions under...

Laws in my country? or yours? Your question is vague. But random firing in to air is still risky. Take it as a part of crowd management and safety precautions. Some people do have stupid habit of showing off and firing a gun on public occasions here. Like in a wedding or similar occasions of...

Blaming the old hammer or it's forger is meaningless. For a crime to be complete, there has to be a specific intent and the person has to act on that intent. The planning and instrument used to execute are secondary aspect of the crime. Existence of a hammer cannot be blamed nor it's forger...

Can we hold Alfred Nobel accountable for inventing dynamite, gelignite, and ballistite? Is it moral to accept Nobel prizes founded by him from that money? Do people who accept Novel peace prize also share responsibility of damages and deaths caused by these explosives? As for the 1000 year old...