I really doubt that he gets it. I believe that he is trying to apply pressure, indirectly through voters,
to politicians to get more money to rehire his laid off and furloughed officers. With the anti-gun fever
re-emerging, he's counting on alarmed voter/citizens to start calling politicians, and not on them running
out to enroll in gun safety courses and purchasing fire arms.
I could be wrong, it happens more than I like it to.