in sutherland springs armed for war. he was dressed in tactical gear. a ballistics vest and carried what s described as, quote, an assault-type rifle. joined now by msnbc contributor brett stevens. and mike pesca, host of the slate s daily podcast the gist. mike the president saying this isn t a gun issue and already we re learning more about the shooter. this guy was court-martialed in 2012 for domestic violence. he got a bad conduct church. can we say this isn t about guns? no. i mean, that s one of the talking points that are available. but they re all threadbare. like, we heard the attorney general there of texas saying well, how could there be a law, i mean, this guy wasn t following the laws so why have a law against it. isn t that an argument against every law, not just gun laws? can you say the same about embezzling. why illegalize that if criminals aren t going to follow the law? if there is no law, if he didn t break a law, we argue, like in las vegas as well, he didn t