Bullshit.

But that never stopped anyone from exploiting a tragedy for political reasons. These people can afford bodyguards and to live in gated communities. They know nothing of any kind of violence except the kind they glamorize in their screen performances. 

If someone wants a gun bad enough, they will get one. If they have to steal it, buy it or make it. 

Aristotle once said “Poverty is the mother of revolution and crime.” A bunch of rich bourgeois actors and talk show host wouldn’t know anything about it. Maybe they should think about that when they want to make street corners safe.