“My teacher told me guns kill people. I told her my pencil failed my math exam”

“My teacher told me guns kill people… I told her my pencil failed my math exam” is a saying that has been printed on a popular image. It’s not known who created the image. The pro-gun saying means that the instrument or weapon is not at fault—it’s the person who uses/operates it.
   
“My teacher told me guns kill people. I told her that my pencil failed my last exam” was posted on Twitter by J.D. on March 25, 2021. “My teacher told me guns kill people… I told her my pencil failed my math exam” (shown on an image) was posted on Twitter by Sandra (GAB @ladyjane1226) on May 29, 2021. “My teacher told me guns kill people. I told her my pencil failed my A levels” was posted on Sickipedia on May 16, 2023.
   
“If guns kill people, do pencils misspell words?” is a related saying.
     
   
Twitter
J.D.
@JD50443537
My teacher told me guns kill people.
I told her that my pencil failed my last exam.
11:33 AM · Mar 25, 2021
 
Twitter
Davey Wiggers 🇳🇱🇨🇦 👍🇺🇦
@WiggersDavey
“My teacher told me guns kill people…I told her my pencil failed my test.”
11:50 AM · May 10, 2021
 
Twitter
Sandra (GAB @ladyjane1226)
@ladyjane1226
My teacher told me guns kill people.
I told her my pencil failed my math exam.
(This is also shown on an image.—ed.)
12:13 AM · May 29, 2021
       
Twitter
Nancy Chester
@AmethystNancy
Clever.
“My teacher told me guns kill people.
I told her my pencil failed my math exam.”
https://t.me/projectcamelotKerry/2081
(This is also shown on an image.—ed.)
7:41 PM · Jun 1, 2021
   
iFunny 
clownboy80
9 sep 2021
My teacher told me guns kill people… I told her my pencil failed my math exam.
 
Twitter
Taron
@BrainwashFree
Which reminds me of a funny meme I saw the other day…
A smiling kid is sitting at a school desk and it said:
“My teacher told me guns kill people. So I told her my pencil failed my math test.”
Perfect illustration of the misplaced focus on the tool, not the person behind it.
9:46 AM · Jun 7, 2022
 
Sickipedia
moistgusset88
16 May 2023 -Crime-Murder
My teacher told me guns kill people
I told her my pencil failed my A levels
 
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
My teacher told me guns kill people
I told her my pencil failed my A levels
6:06 PM · May 16, 2023
 
Twitter
Captain and The Hat now with added parody
@Captainshat69
My teacher told me guns kill people
So I told her my pencil failed my SAT’s…...
1:41 AM · May 17, 2023