Religion is not a bad thing, people use it to make it that way. Guns are not evil, the people that use them to commit crimes are. Governments are not evil, it is how they treat those they govern (ie the leaders) That make them that way.

Sad, we blame guns, we blame religion, we blame books, we blame music, movies, tv, the government. We never place the blame where it belongs. On ourselves, on man. Maybe because then we would have to do something about it.