We know that there will be attempts to exploit this tragedy, but the one thing we need to have is the facts of the case to be able to counter the rantings of the Antis. What do we plan around other than we already know that any tragedy will be used by the Antis? We need specifics to form a plan with that will have any effectiveness.
We need to vigilant, but we don't need to go off half cocked. We need to check our weapons to know if we understand how to use them (understand the details of this tragedy), but we don't know what direction the attack will come. We need to understand who our allies are and who is allied with our enemy (that one's not too difficult since our enemies and their allies are well known to us). Until the actual attacks start Keep your powder dry and stay on watch and don't waste time shooting at shadows in the dark.
As to this tragedy being "worse" somehow, I don't understand how, but we should look at the possible angles that the Antis will take to exploit it.
POTUS already tried to make hay off of it, but made a serious misstep trying to characterize the victims as being uniformed personnel instead of the actual thousands of civilian employees and contractor employees working in building 197. We can exploit that in return by pointing out that very few uniformed personnel work there and the POTUS should already know that before going off half cocked. Here's what we're actually learning about the victims that POTUS couldn't take the time to find out.-
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/navy-yard-shooting-victims/?hpid=z3
CNN has mixed messages going out. On the one hand a security specialist is pointing out that the problems associated with
defending against "lone wolf" attackers. Then their more neutral
"Why did he do it?" headline. So far no raving Anti rhetoric, but we'll see something along those lines from them. ABC has one, but it also is a mixed message
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mass...n-families-gun-control-push/story?id=20275320 The NY Daily News jumped right into full Anti mode
http://www.nydailynews.com/, but they're not going to get national play like the NYT or CNN or the others.
YES, we need to be ready for the Antis to exploit this tragedy, but we can't afford to go off half cocked and shooting our mouths off like POTUS did or we'll harm ourselves. Gather information, prepare the arguments, stay vigilant, deal with probes carefully with an eye on the battle (don't waste resources) ahead.
