[BitWielder1]

Of course, we don’t know if stricter state laws could have stopped 45-year-old Gary Martin from shooting...

We're pretty sure it wouldn't have, but that's not the issue, is it.
The issue is to use every single incident as an excuse to take guns away from law abiding folks.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“The issue is to use every single incident as an excuse to take guns away from law abiding folks.”

The model for this is the supposed opioid crisis. They are using the opioid crisis to force doctors into denying prescriptions to law abiding citizens who need the medication to live a productive life.

This is soviet tactics 101. Take something that can parallel the issue you want to own, try it out, make corrections and once it works, apply it to what you really want to do. Call it continual service improvement.