It’s another tragedy in what seems to be an endless wave of violence. A church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, lost 26 parishioners with another 20 hospitalized after Devin Patrick Kelley walked in during services on Sunday and opened fire.

Predictably, the calls for prayers and sympathy were followed by calls for gun control. Those calls usually involve restricting who can and can’t have guns. Those people want laws passed to ensure the “wrong” people can’t get a gun and potentially blow people away.

My argument has always been that, with laws, the lawless have no qualms at snubbing their noses at the regulations in place. Sadly, this latest shooting has proven me right.

There is a federal law in place that someone convicted of domestic violence cannot buy or own a gun. Kelley, a former member of the Air Force, was convicted in 2012 of domestic violence against his spouse and child. Multiple media sources reported the military did not report the conviction to the federal database, but regardless, Kelley wound up with more than one gun with which to use against his victims—two handguns and the rifle he used to kill the church folks.

Even if he hadn’t been able to get the guns himself, what would have stopped him from convincing or coercing someone else to get a gun for him? Unless authorities keep 24-7 surveillance on people who are at risk of going on a bullet-ridden rampage, there will always be some way around any restrictions.

Also, if you want to restrict guns, maybe you should restrict anything that could hurt or kill people. Just last week, a terrorist killed eight people on a bike path in New York City. He didn’t use a gun; he mowed them down with a van. Are we to restrict vehicles and the speed at which they travel?

The problem in this country is not that most of us own guns. It’s that we’ve become a society that no longer teaches that violence is not the answer. Anyone who is taught how to properly handle a gun is capable of exercising restraint. However, when fury infects a person, anything can become a weapon—a gun, a knife, a van, even a pair of scissors.

Actually, if it hadn’t been for ordinary people with guns, things could have been worse. A neighbor, Stephen Willeford, exchanged gunfire with Kelley and wounded him. Several media sources reported that the death toll could have been much higher if Willeford hadn’t jumped into action.

As the dust settles, one thing is clear. Guns are not the problem in America—a culture of violence is.