First, a few facts:
1. Many Trump supporters have in the past year-plus said highly inflammatory things suggesting that liberals generally and specifically HRC, should be shot, lynched, maimed, wage boarded, or otherwise assassinated. Never once has the candidate attempted to admonish his supporters for this behavior.
2. Trump has incited and sanctioned violence at his rallies, leading to attendees being beaten, verbally abused, and physically ejected into hostile crowds. Never once has the candidate attempted to admonish his supporters for this behavior.
3. With full knowledge of 1 and 2, above, Trump took to the podium in Wilmington and suggested that his supporters do something to prevent HRC from taking their guns away, an outcome that neither HRC nor Barack Obama haas ever espoused.
Trump’s pronouncements were the perfect dog-whistle. He was able to claim one thing - innocence- and clearly signal other things to his violent, racist, and fear-engorged supporters waiting for the appearance of the Bat-signal in the heavens indicating that it was finally time to do WHATEVER WAS NECESSARY to protect their treasured 2nd Amendment rights and their caches of kill toys.
I differ with anyone's case that this was just the loose talk of 'Trump being Trump.' Once again, he looked for a fresh controversy to goose his limited voter appeal, and he chose to create yet another thoroughly offensive, dangerous, and disgusting one.
November 8th cannot come swiftly enough.