While your argument is logically correct, in cases like this usually we don't have to do with criminals but with long-term lunatics or people who just flipped, who were not criminals till that point in time.

Stricter gun laws would supposedly make it harder for a lunatic their hands on guns, and almost impossible for somebody who just got pissed off and short-circuited to find a gun in short period of time.

Out of curiosity, if somebody was shouting about it from the rooftops; what's the law he would be breaking in that case?

Consumers can be suckers, they can easily be fooled to pay much more in order to get what they want or think they need or is hip, in fashion, status symbol, etc.. I do it all the time.
But they are not completely idiots and they hate evil empires. And that's what Apple is becoming. All those lawsuits and control Apple is trying to have over its devices is coming back to bite them.
I was one of the first to buy the iPhone 3 and then the iPhone 4. And although I was in time for upgrade skipped 5, and will go for nexus 4 instead. Same in the laptop front, I won't be spending any dollars for Apple products any time soon.