Really, common? I'm very skeptical it is all that common. I am even more skeptical that it is nearly as common as accidental discharges or tragic events like this one in which otherwise non-lethal events become lethal, or cases in which someone is injured as a result of a gunshot wound in a situation that might have otherwise been resolved with less harm.
You haven't addressed why it is crappy to 'politicize' this event. Why is that? This hardly strikes me as a self-evident argument.
When tragic events occur, they open political windows to discuss items, bring them to the agenda, etc. So by analogy, if a bridge collapsed, it would be inappropriate to 'politicize' it by using it as an opportunity to discuss the nation's crumbling infrastructure? Similarly, why cannot gun tragedies create opportunities to discuss our nation's gun laws/culture etc.?
By you arguments and absolute proscription against 'politicization,' I take it that we cannot use this tragedy as an opportunity to discuss gun safety training?
Where is the line drawn between politicization and 'taking advantage' of tragedies to discuss issues facing this country? Or can we never do that?