Colorado Springs was the scene of yet another mass shooting over the weekend, with 5 people confirmed dead and many injured. It probably would have been a lot worse if not for quick action by club patrons who disarmed and restrained the gunman until police arrived.
The state simultaneously elected Jared Polis, the first openly gay governor in the US and Lauren Boebert, a gun toting right wing crank. Colorado has been trending more and more Democratic recently, but there are still areas where hatemongers like Boebert can still find support. Much like New York, Colorado is dominated by a single large city which tends to distort what would otherwise be a fairly red state.
Right wing violence will continue to be a problem in this country as long as unstable and impressionable people continue to be radicalized and have access to weapons of mass destruction like the AR-15 the gunman was carrying. It is a problem facing red and blue states and I'm not sure what can be done to curb the violence.
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