The root of the problem is not guns. I'm not saying guns aren't a problem, but the main thing at the bottom of it all is the fact that there are psychos who think it's OK to kill people they don't agree with.
Trump fanned those flames, and it doesn't much matter that he was on the side of "conservatives". Ake fans those flames, but just about everybody here who comes for the blood sport do as well. Perhaps there will come a time when we stop feeding the hatred and anger, and look for common ground and solutions. I don't have any faith that it'll happen at Mudcat, because the disdain here doesn't kill anybody's children. I do have some hope that something will change in the world as a whole. Not much, bot some.

Sides don't matter. This is obvious when there are people on both sides who kill. We need stricter gun laws here, but we need to figure out the reasons for the guns, the bombs, the knives. (I'm guessing a big part of it is the press coverage. Five minutes of fame.)