"...it never does..." I bet it didn't put the check in the mail, respect you in the morning and does in your....
There's no logic involved with anything related to any restrictions anywhere. Trying to find any can give you brain damage. Up here, a 4" barreled handgun is evil. A 5" barrel is not unless it's chambered in .25 or .32 calibre.
Hockey sticks are the real trouble makers. We've been training our youth to be violent with them for eons. They pay adults, ok arrested adolescents, millions of dollars to promote hockey stick violence too.
"...But how can a hunk of wood..." There you go with the logic again.