Actually, the killer was a fellow democrat and the conflict was over political issues, not sexuality. I’ve read that Milk was just in the line of fire, as another city politician was killed in the same rampage.
he and Mayor Moscone were killed by Dan White... this was the best thing that ever happened to Dianne Feinstein, as she then became Mayor of SF... her bridge to the Senate... Dan White served little time having used "THE TWINKIE DEFENSE." remember that? i think he did five years, and shortly upon release committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in his car...
Dan White, the shooter, was also a member of the National Council to Control Handguns, later known as Handgun Control Inc, and now The Brady Center.
“Guns for me, but not for thee.”