So much of the racism and gun problem dates to the years immediately after 9/11. We didn't take anti-Muslim/immigrant xenophobia seriously after 9/11, and we all shrugged our shoulders when the Assault Weapons Ban expired in 2004. Then when armed political militias began to rise after Obama was elected and started showing up fully armed to intimidate federal law enforcement at the Bundy Ranch and Malhour Wildlife Refuge, we still shrugged. Same when they showed up to Ferguson in 2014 to defend white property. Then J6 happened and we *finally* started taking political militias sort of seriously.

PEOPLE. Armed political militias have been on the rise for 15 years in tandem with the internet conspiracy trend and y'all are just now waking up to the fact that 18 year-olds can strap on body armor, pick up an AR-15, and get their rage out at the local minority-dominant supermarket or women's fitness center. Keep in mind that these guys are the *amateurs*. The Mandalay Bay shooting is what it looks like when someone with actual experience and skillset snaps and decides to convert his gun collection into an arsenal for public mass-murder.