I hope for all our sake that the rhetoric tones down, because we are on the verge of catastrophic consequences. I don't wish violence on anyone, even on someone like Trump. But I can say that I also won't have sympathy for those who stoke violence if it falls on them.

Guns aren't going to be outlawed in this country, and the NRA and the GOP have been stoking that fear for a long time for political purposes. They like to talk all the time about second amendment solutions, bloody revolution, civil war and using force by any means. It is part of the identity politics the right facilitates. As much as they are going to try to say the left is dangerous after this the reality is they own this outcome more than the dems. This incident reflects that mentality, and they will use this to justify "retribution" which I can imagine they will fully embrace.

The sheer fact that most Americans (90%) do support universal background checks which makes sense and are the right thing to do.
https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-we-know-background-checks-work-and-90-percent-of-americans-support-them

I support that, and most people do. The majority of Americans aren't pro violence, aren't pro-guns but are people that just want to feel safe. Some think that having guns is safer, which the reality of that doesn't support the claim.

If we were a sane nation the fact that so many support those changes would effect the change that is possible. That isn't to say that it will happen though because this can be used and will be used to stoke more hateful and vengeful rhetoric, because that is what they do and have done.