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.
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.