And ultimately we'd just see the numbers replaced by stabbings, acid, bombs, gas, etc. instead.
Unfortunately the dems are much, _much_ less willing as a party to tackle _why_ shootings happen and just focus on the surface level "within reach" high-publicity causes. And the GOP... well, it's the GOP, they'd prefer to take the country back a hundred-some years, never mind even acknowledging the country has issues (outside of \~cancel culture\~ or gas prices etc)