Sadly, a large portion of gun nuts are gonna acknowledge this as a conspiracy. It's they that have pushed all this false flag shit, because they refuse to acknowledge partial responsibilities for these tragedies. They never will. I am partially responsible. I own dozens of hi cap semi auto rifles, though most are old. I'm an avid collector of all things from the cold war era. Would I ever give up all my weapons, specifically hi cap semi autos? Absolutely not.
But I would however acknowledge and give up the most modern ones. I hunt with a 50s/early 60s era civilian M14. While I love my modern AR15 collection along with its modern cousins like my Steyr Aug assault rifle, or my Scar series assault rifles. Why I bought them, I'm not quite sure. To have the newest in tech. Do I need them? Absolutely not. You have to understand that there are rifles from 30 years before that carry less, and are more dependable, but are also more suitable for civilian use, especially for hunting and target practice.
You should really check out pro gun message boards. It isn't just that false flag shit they spew. When it comes to the Congressional plan to regulate bump stocks, whoa hoah, it's actually a giant conspiracy to ban all semi auto weapons. So they push that, NRA gets all the complaints of it, and suddenly that shit is dead in congress, at least when it comes to Republican support.
You guys should seriously spend some time on a few pro gun message boards. The opinions of the people you're trying to win over for reasonable gun reform? They'll give you universal background checks, but only of you abolish the gun control act of 1986. Aka: let everyone run around with nfa full auto weapons. It will be fine they say, because it was allowed prior to the 80s. What's the worst that could happen?