The problem is, if you say let’s start “gun control” by addressing it with the mentally ill first or anyone on mind altering medication for depression or extreme anxiety or suicidal ideation and prevent them from getting weapons, a very reasonable, common sense position that many conservatives actually agree with and a position that would cut down 90% of shootings, you’ve attacked a sacred cow of the left and a “marginalized” group and so it’s a non-starter. I know, because I’ve had this conversation with many leftwing friends, and instead of embracing the debate on its merits, they immediately accuse you of being a Republican and trotting out Republican talking points. And the reason for this, in every case, is because either they or one of their children are on psychotropic meds, so it’s “personal.”
Anyway, the cavalier and inhumane responses on this thread and from many of these same lib friends about Kirk’s death has revealed the people who really do traffic in hate.