Dude.
Yes, that’s what it’s been about for you all along, finding someone to put down as irrational who has been crystal clear and working from the apparent facts as reported.
I get your concern that the media will use this episode to hurt gun ownership. That’s no reason for you to pick a fight with another freeper who deplores the likely culpable actions of this one individual. Trying to run from the truth of it or cover it up doesn’t help either side of the gun debate in the long run. This guy blew it and hurt the cause of the 2nd Amendment. He should be the target of your ire, not the people who say he behaved detestably.