I don't think it was a conspiracy, but the "crisis" will not be wasted. Gun control people will use this incident to cry for consolidation of power. They will concentrate guns in the hands of the biggest killers, the "just doing my job" types that kill for a paycheck.
They will have every reason to use it to the hilt.
So we will see a revival of the violent movie debate, the violent movie marketing debate, the semi-automatic gun debate, the large magazine debate and of course the weapons ban debate.
What we never ever have in this country is the "true price of individual liberty" debate.
The true price of individual liberty in our country is that people die. The issue is slightly different depending on the side one is on, particularly, which set of people it is ok to allow to die.
On the left, it is ok for unborn children to die so that women have the right to do as they please with their own bodies.
On the right, it is ok for random folk to be shot and children to be killed in crossfires so that we can all excercise our right to bear arms.
Both sides think for different periods of time that it is ok for foreign children to die.
but the real point is never ever addressed, mostly because it would entail seeing things as they really are. There is lots of collateral damage associated with our rights, death is the cost of doing business in America and beyond certain limits those death tolls can never equal zero.
If we really don't like random shootings then every gun in America should be removed from private hands. Movies should be censored for violent content - all movies all the time. If we really don't like the results of abortions there should be a registry of possibly pregnant women and every miscarriage should be investigated as a prospective homicide.
