He actually did us a favor, and revealed what too many on the left are afraid to ask for, which is full on repeal of the 2nd Amendment and eventual confiscation.

Why would anyone against gun violence ever stop at AR-15s? It's nonsensical. Of course it would follow to ban handguns, because murderers use those too.

Upvoted for pulling in Solzhenitsyn, although I don't think the US's problem will ever remotely resemble Russia's (plenty of room for disaster and death here, though).