manufactured murder

Yes. That’s one of the most striking things I got from the video, that the murderer went from getting out of his SUV to shooting his gun in just a few seconds, as though that was what he got out of his car to do.

Also, I have gun experience but not with automatics, so I don’t know enough to say with certainty one way or another, but I did not see him disengage his safety, meaning that there is some non-zero chance he already had the safety disengaged when he got out of his vehicle.

All of your points are excellent, and you’re right. We HAVE to avoid violent response – for now – if we do not want to speed up the destruction of what is left of our democracy.

EDITED to correct myself: I watched the video again and the shooter was already standing toward the hood of her car; the individual exiting the SUV I referred to above was not the actual shooter.