The problem with most of the "allegory for racism/guns" stories is that they are always stuck with the problem of "wait no those things are legitimately a danger to everyone."
Guns are just inanimate objects. Magical artifacts and the like can literally influence the world around them through curses and other manners, actively damaging things or manipulating people to use them. And 99% of the time, there is no actual reason to own a "dark art" object over a regular magical one other than being evil. They either only do things evilly or are used for terrible consequence filled actions like Resurrection.
The whole thing falls apart unless you also think guns are legitimately magical things that turn people violent and have no non-human killing use.
I like when they explicitly call that out. Monster Hunter Memoirs makes the point that there is no 2A for dark magic because, unlike guns, tapping into dark magic actually drives you insane. Dark magic needs to be controlled, or the world falls apart. Guns don't as, like you said, they're just objects.
The whole thing falls apart unless you also think guns are legitimately magical things that turn people violent and have no non-human killing use.
Which is why you'll see the magic = guns thing from leftists or brainwashed normie authors, and only see the 'magic and guns are different' thing from more conservative authors.
One of the best fantasy gun control metaphors I've ever seen was in Pokemon Black and White.
Team Plasma goes around spreading a wholesome message of Pokemon freedom, insisting that everyone release their Pokemon so they'll no longer be abused or mistreated by foolish humans. Their figurehead, N, fully believes this message and actively practices what he preaches. However, the whole thing is a scam by the shadow leaders of the team. Once everyone else has released their pet super monsters, they plan to move in with their own and take over everything unopposed.
The final message of the game boils down to: "The truth is that there will always be power abusers, so it's best that good people also have power so that they can fight for ideals."
The problem with most of the "allegory for racism/guns" stories is that they are always stuck with the problem of "wait no those things are legitimately a danger to everyone."
Guns are just inanimate objects. Magical artifacts and the like can literally influence the world around them through curses and other manners, actively damaging things or manipulating people to use them. And 99% of the time, there is no actual reason to own a "dark art" object over a regular magical one other than being evil. They either only do things evilly or are used for terrible consequence filled actions like Resurrection.
The whole thing falls apart unless you also think guns are legitimately magical things that turn people violent and have no non-human killing use.
I like when they explicitly call that out. Monster Hunter Memoirs makes the point that there is no 2A for dark magic because, unlike guns, tapping into dark magic actually drives you insane. Dark magic needs to be controlled, or the world falls apart. Guns don't as, like you said, they're just objects.
Which is why you'll see the magic = guns thing from leftists or brainwashed normie authors, and only see the 'magic and guns are different' thing from more conservative authors.
One of the best fantasy gun control metaphors I've ever seen was in Pokemon Black and White.
Team Plasma goes around spreading a wholesome message of Pokemon freedom, insisting that everyone release their Pokemon so they'll no longer be abused or mistreated by foolish humans. Their figurehead, N, fully believes this message and actively practices what he preaches. However, the whole thing is a scam by the shadow leaders of the team. Once everyone else has released their pet super monsters, they plan to move in with their own and take over everything unopposed.
The final message of the game boils down to: "The truth is that there will always be power abusers, so it's best that good people also have power so that they can fight for ideals."
I miss when Pokemon was good....