Has any of the gun nuts expressed any opinion about the increase in killing police officers?

[question everything]

Or about how easy it is for someone to fly from abroad and within a couple of weeks get a gun to take worshipers hostages in Texas?

The sound of silence, I suppose..

[peppertree]

1. They would - but their gun deity might punish them

All hail the gun deity...

[MenloParque]

2. You won't hear anything. Most of the gun humpers I know from work and from my own family

Absolutely 100% anti-cop and law enforcement.

[question everything]

3. Anti cop? What happened to the party of "law and order?"

[MenloParque]

5. They are not Republicans. They all vote blue. They love guns and hate cops. Who knows?!?

[IbogaProject]

4. It's all BLM's fault

It's all BLM's fault. It's the Dem's fault. They are in a cyclone if BS, misdirection, and a host of other logical fallacies. Everything is some one else's fault.

[PTWB]

6. I'm not sure about the premise here.

In 2021, 515 "line of duty" deaths were reported and of those, 353 were from COVID, 62 from gunfire, and 100 from the rest.

Going back 10 years earlier, in 2011, 188 "line of duty" deaths were reported. 68 were from gunfire and 120 were from the rest (obviously no COVID in 2011).

What increase in police killings are you referring to?

Also, in my experience, gun enthusiasts tend to mistrust law enforcement far more than the average person. It's true that your run of the mill Republican, and certainly some gun enthusiasts, will fly thin blue line flags and have "back the blue" signs in their front yards, but those folks are not representative of gun enthusiasts (or "gun nuts" as you wrote).

16% of Democrats personally own a firearm - 28% live in a firearm owning household.
32% of Independents personally own a firearm - 44% live in a firearm owning household.
45% of Republicans personally own a firearm - 61% live in a firearm owning household.

More than a quarter of Democrats personally own or live in a household that owns firearms. Nearly half of all Independents do.

[Turbineguy]

7. More guns

it's always the answer.