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There's no need to indulge in conspiratorial thinking, here. Whatever you think of Mangione's motives, it seems overwhelmingly likely that he did it and, if so, he will almost certainly be in jail for the rest of his life. There's no need for them to do anything else to him. It seems as though he acted alone, so a broader anti-terrorist crackdown is possible but unlikely, and even less likely to be effective.
As for the CEOs, I imagine a lot more money is going to be spent on security and they'll probably demand the businesses they work for pay for that, which actually seems fair, as far as it goes.
While I don't have any sympathy for the Republicans, they didn't seem to even consider more gun control even after Trump was actually hit by a would-be assassin's bullet, so I doubt they will now. They might pass a law against 3D gun printing, but it's not even slightly enforceable; I believe owning such a weapon is already illegal but, as Mangione has demonstrated, there's not much to stop someone making or using one.
It is infuriating that everything is "terrorism" now, especially when combined with the unconstitutional patriot act. A single murder because of personal motivations is not terrorism.
I don't think it was terrorism, either, as the rest of my comment - indeed, the rest of that sentence - makes clear!
I didn't try to be conspiratorial here. I suspect a lot of people are thinking about outing CEO after Luigi fame. The same school shooter breed new school shooters (https://www.colorado.edu/today/2022/05/31/after-mass-shooting-examining-role-media-coverage). Some CEO will be concerned, and try to act. And actually, as musk, they are in full power.
Apologies, I thought this was a reference to conspiracies:
It seemed to suggest various 'false flag' type ideas, which are a hallmark of conspiracy theorising.
I get your point. But false flag operation happen for real, not only in conspiracy, aren't they? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:False_flag_operations)
I have to admit the "plane in tower" sound very conspiracy. But cant an OP have fun
I'm not saying they never happen (the South Korea thing the other day apparently involved a false flag) but nowhere near as often as some people online like to suggest!