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by joe_the_user 2394 days ago
This.

A large portion of common law revolves around intent - I think the technical term is "mens rea" (mentioned by another poster).

If a site sold knives as "neighbor killers", with the comment "use this and you can definitely kill your neighbor, $19.95", then all the same considerations would come into play. And knives aren't illegal, at least to cook with.