As others said. 1. no video of him on the roof top 2. doesn't meet standard profile of a mass murderer (no manifesto for example). What if a mass shooting was manufactured, with the help of alphabet agencies, pinned on a dude that looks the part, with ties to leftwing insanity? The biggest element required to get consent for red flag laws, would be moderate NRA conservatives. The exact group pissed off about recent GOP support of such laws. An event like this, aimed squarely at a 'leftwing perp' would be perfect cover for the regime to placate the base of the rightwing of the uniparty: *see conservatives! The red flag laws won't be used (right now) to persecute and disarm after dissidents. We used it on a lefty! s O o m U c H WINNING!* And as a consequence, a majority of those who might be opposed, risk going back to sleep. Unions, which may have provided the real killer, and let him escape during police searches, would be the likely culprit here. And the regime gets the justifications for its red flag laws without as much political pushback.