McConnell is anything but stupid.
The Democrats would love nothing more than for McConnell and other Republican leadership to come out against any gun control measure in the wake of this shooting. It's giving them a free political gift because of the short-term emotions of the public.
What McConnell will do is come out and say that he supports reasonable gun control measures. Then, when the legislation eventually emerges, he'll say it is unreasonable and oppose it. He'll also point to Republican amendments that were rejected by the Democratic majority as the legislation that should have been enacted.
This strategy will anger a lot of hardcore gun supporters, but the bottom line is that it will end up in the exact same place except with the Democrats being unable to make political mileage out of it.
McConnell has his flaws, but he is a master at handling the political repercussions of incidents like this. It's one of the reasons Democrats really hate him.
They used a taser on a parent and put a mom in handcuffs.
They put out police tape.
They sat there waiting an hour.
One little girl was shot five times and survived. Amazingly she survived the hour delay as well, had surgery, and is expected to recover.
How many more died there while police officer were taking their parents?
Oh come on. Mitich is a sell out.