“50 killed” reported on BBC Does it matter that it was some religion-inspired loony or just some run-of-the mill nut-job, but that both have the access to the means?
Yes, it matters. Religion, in this case Islam gave him the justification. America’s gun laws gave him the means. Without those means he could have found plenty of other ways, bombing or fire being just two examples. Without the justification……
All the major Abrhamic religions demonize homosexuality. When you have Wahhabist groups in Saudi Arabia spending literally billions of dollars a year to spread their particular flavlour of Islam, it matters.