Just because some moron gets elected to a position of power, however small it may be, too many self-deluded politicians think all of their bad ideas will be swallowed whole by an unwitting populace. We know their aim is not public safety, if it was they'd go after the criminals causing these problems. It's about disarming the civilian population to gain their desired stranglehold of control and nothing less will do.
They actually don't think that at all. They're just trying to exploit a tragedy to advance their goal as stated many times by democrats, "A society where only the police and military are armed." They really don't dislike guns at all. I notice the zero isn't disarming the SS. They only dislike us having guns.