we can argue about the efficacy of this vs that gun control plan, over the effect of America's gun-loving culture, and how to balance the 2nd amendment with all of it, and reasonable people can disagree
but what I am fucking TIRED of hearing is "don't politicize the tragedy by talking about x" regardless of what x is in any given case
it is impossible to divorce politics from literally every facet of life, and to choose not to discuss the political ramifications of a thing is just as political a statement as to discuss them
I am sick of people who actually want to do something about problems in the world, whatever those problems are and whatever their point of view toward addressing them, being accused of being opportunists or trying to "push an agenda". it is 100x more craven and disgusting to accuse someone of salivating when they hear about a mass shooting like this and going "oh boy now I get to talk about gun control!" than it is for that person to want to talk about gun control in the wake of said shooting
it's also always some ridiculously comfortable internet dweeb who has literally never done anything for anyone who tries to tone police this shit too, fuck off with your holier-than-thou attitudes when the most effort you have ever put into addressing a tragedy like this is to type "wow so sad" on a gaming forum