-Why you are trying to minimize the issue... Now that would be an interesting question.-
Because I prefer not to jump to bloodshed/revolution when one state rep says something I don’t like.
Are there or are there not dozens of Democrat Reps and Senators pushing an entire flotilla of gun control laws in the current US Congress? Is the US MSM not on a full scale push to enact further gun control?
IOW... You are either deliberately trying to minimize the threat for a reason, or you are just an idiot.
Which is it?