It is well-known that the solution to hateful speech is more speech to fight it. Not censorship, although this seems to be what many on the side of the political Left, both in this country and throughout the world, seem to think, which is unfortunate. But generally, most people still seem to think that you fight hateful speech with more speech. You fight bad press with more press. And in terms of abuses of gun rights, i.e. mass shootings, you should fight these with more guns. Not confiscation or restrictions.
If schools are being shot up, you allow concealed-carry by those teachers and personnel who wish to engage in it and provide armed security. You end so-called "Gun-Free Zones" that only mean the only armed person will be the mass shooter. You do not infringe on the rights of the people, no more than you would infringe on any of the other rights of citizens. If we are faced with repeated mass terrorist attacks, say bombings, that kill twenty here, twenty there, would anybody really think that there would be an enormous demand in the media that we start talking about suspending right to privacy, right against having to talk to law enforcement, due process rights, free speech rights (make it illegal to mock Islam), etc...my suspicion would be no. You might see some calling for more oversight of mosques, and maybe calls for a total ban on Muslims coming into the country, but that would probably be it at the most. Any calls to suspend the rights of actual Muslims in the country would be met with fierce resistance, both by many citizens, politicians, and the courts. And such people would not be accused of being terrorists by the mainstream media.
Gun rights are no different. They are as sacrosanct as any of the other rights we cherish. If someone is abusing them, the solution is to work to solve the issue in ways that do not involve the suspension of civil liberties, just as we work to prevent terrorism without suspending civil liberties.
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