IMO, the filth of the Left is pushing for a civil war. Whatever happens to them can not be too horrific.

By any means possible.

• Race War (Travon Martin, Cops acted foolishly, Baltimore, Hand up Don't Shoot, etc...)
• Cop War vs Civilian War
• City vs Rural (Bitter clingers)
• Religious (bakers, bathrooms, etc)
• Rich vs Poor (Occupy Wallstreet, Black Bloc, AntiFa, etc)

And now, the oldy, but goody; gun violence.
The truth of the matter is, they don't want "gun control", they want "control". Getting rid of the guns, helps them get the control. That's why they pounced on the narrative so quickly. It doesn't matter if the guy turns out to be a pink vagina hat wearing douche, they want to spread the seeds of doubt as soon as possible to keep the anger against those who disagree with a total gun ban.

What they don't seem to get, is that if they did get to the point of door to door confiscation, it would start the civil war they want, but their side is poorly armed.