I think there are similarities between the Trump shooter and the Kirk shooter. Could the 2 be more than just a couple young men who got lucky, so to speak?
Certainly possible, but my gut says no. These are the outcasts of society that are doing these things. These people make up a very small percentage of society. They are fed a 24/7 diatribe by not just the social media outlets they haunt, but also by mainstream media, and the very schools/colleges that are supposed to be expanding their minds, not closing them off. Take someone like the Kirk shooter... a tranny. Not only does the conservative side not like him, but the truth is, neither does most of the liberal side. He feels no one likes him... but is unwilling to take the necessary steps to change. He is just one example... there are others who feel ostracized by society, for various reasons... many being sexual reasons, but not only those reasons.
My theory is one of a few things will happen to people like that.
They will eventually grow out of their depravities and become productive members of society.
They will never escape their depravities, but survive and become leaders of depraved political movements.
They will kill themselves.
They will commit non-noteworthy (on a national level) but serious offenses... sexual offenses (rape, pedophilia, etc.), murder, aggravated assaults... and end up in prison.
They will shoot up schools/churches/concerts/etc. to get their 15 minutes of fame.
They will become political assassins.
That person is who I think both the Kirk shooter and Trump shooter was.
Edit: to add to this...in the olden days... people like this were usually removed from society and placed in mental care facilities.... often by family, sometimes by the state. Those facilities mostly no longer exist. These people often end up dropping out of school or college (as the Kirk shooter did) because they don't fit in, which further polarizes them from society. Thus, they can often only find minimum wage jobs... which oftentimes are people-facing positions, which they are also unsuited for.... so they either get fired, quit, or hate their job. Then, sometimes, their families also are forced to walk away from them, due to being unable to help them, and unable to find a way to commit them to a facility for the safety of themselves and others. So.... they find themselves completely cut off from normal people, surrounded instead only by people as depraved as they are.
Our country doesn't have a gun problem, a drug problem, a video game program.... it has a mental health crisis that is getting progressively worse because no one is willing to address the issue for fear of offending someone.
Just my thoughts on the matter.....