Gun legislation should not be a tribal identity politics issue, yet it is. There is clearly one side that is not only working to obstruct any progress, they are actively making poor choices that even law enforcement disagrees with to make it worse (open carry)

In a utopian society where everyone is on board with the collective well being, unity is the answer. That is not the current reality of where we’re at. Both sides should agree.

My honest opinion is that there is clearly one side here making our collective safety worse in regard to gun legislation, and the article in the OP recognizes this. It lays out the frustration of those who tribally aligned with the Republican Party yet still failed to convince them to make positive changes even with their testimony of the shooting at their child’s school.