I see the tweeter in chief is putting this one down to “mental health issues”, rather than “gun issues”, and that “it’s too soon” to talk about gun control in the wake of this utterly predictable tragedy. Which raises a number of questions.
- how’d he come to that diagnoses so quickly from the far side of the world?
- Assuming his diagnosis is correct (an heroic assumption, I know), wouldn’t mitigating the damage one person can do be a good idea?
- given that it’s too soon to talk about this tragedy (but apparently not too soon to tweet about it), is it also still too soon to talk about Las Vegas? Orlando? San Bernadino? Umpqua Community College? Washington Navy Yard? Sandy Hook? Aurora? Binghampton? Fort Hood? Geneva County? Virginia Tech? Columbine? When, exactly, can we start talking about gun control as it relates to these older shootings, even if we can’t talk about the current one?
