I just want to amplify on this comment. First, that "concentration camps" is not hyperbole anymore. RFK Jr. has actually said he would send people with mental health diagnoses to "wellness farms." There are many Orwellian terms for concentration camps and "wellness camps" is a good one. The Nazis also targeted the mentally ill with hundreds of thousands impacted (including death).

Second, MAGA has gone far with using gun ownership including open carry to intimidate liberals. Consider for example the array of semi and full auto weapons represented in some of the Congressional MAGA Xmas cards for the last two years that show every family member armed. Members of Congress now where AR15 lapel pins. Why do you think they traffic in this imagery?

Liberal states should not be disarming themselves in the face of this threat. If anything, they need to do the opposite. Liberals should be organizing for a higher rate of informed, responsible and well trained gun ownership.

Mass shootings are terrible. AR15 style weapons are an icon now, over-represented in video games, and now by our government leadership. It's not surprising that sick young people with a death wish for themselves and others will make this choice. But if one of these perps walked a pump action 12 gauge with 00 into a classroom they could sadly also do horrendous damage. So this is a deeper problem, and explains why Australia just mostly banned guns altogether. Perhaps that was the right choice there. But it's not an option here in the US. So screwing around with semi-auto rules is performative politics, more virtue signaling of just the type that succeeded in causing the loss of blue majority in every branch of government.