He means, the overly-paranoid and and gun-grabbers story line prevails rather than reality so we have to overreact... even to stupidity . THAT is the way things are today.
Paranoia is a prison. Now we're at a point where one person's freak out dictates what's acceptable for society at large.
As our freedoms vanish one by one, so does our whimsy and humor.
Storm trooper costume? No, can't have that. No surprise that it's a school administrator that's too stupid to deal with it properly.