The shooting in Las Vegas is an awful tragedy — talking about what made it so is not “politicization,” but the realization that politics influences culture and could prevent some atrocities. It’s not only natural to engage in yet another gun control debate after a horrific event like the shooting in Las Vegas, where a deranged man killed 58 people and injured hundreds more, it’s healthy and a means of developing a preventative solution.

Of course, liberals, and even some conservatives, are using this event as a springboard to debate gun control again. Unlike some of the other tragedies that have happened in the United States over the last year, it’s obvious this one is more open-and-shut regarding gun control than any other. Why?