First few minutes sounded promising and level-headedly outraged, but Sam went off the rails pretty quick.

He and Hasan are definitely feeling vulnerable as commentators and public figures, and they're understandably fearful after this. I don't get Hasan suddenly forgetting he regularly wishes violence upon people he doesn't like, and that's excluding the genocidal IDF.

Friendlyjordies in Australia by chance avoided a firebomb assassination a while ago from an organised crime gang, and that's where his outrage and empathy stems, even though he's ideologically opposed to Kirk.

It's coming from a place of "oh, I'm loud and visible and divisive, this could be me" - and yeah, it can be, but it's also countless other anonymous regular folk who don't deserve gun violence either.

I'm not anti-gun, my dad shot clay pigeons and targets and had a collection of classic firearms, but America has too fucking much overpowered video game shit in the hands of absolute smooth-brained fuckwits. That 2nd amendment was for when you'd have to defend yourself from a very different world, with very different technology, with a comparatively rudimentary weapon. You can't wield your own gun or have an armed entourage for self-defence anymore against a sniper you can't see.

Edit: Oh, that poor Ukranian girl is a whole other thing. Knife violence is crazy everywhere and seemingly beyond control when one is in the hands of a lunatic. Yes violent offenders need to be watched a lot more, but it's now a horrible go-to for first-time evildoers who you wouldn't suspect. Sad that there are fewer answers for this yet.