It's a nice thought that we could all come together over this tragedy. As though 20 1st graders weren't enough. It's a nice thought that 'we' could still resist becoming divided, as though we are not already. I for one have no love in my heart left for the Republican, for the Conservative, including many of my own family members. If we could split the land in half, I would cheerfully wave good-bye as all the righties went off to live their libertarian fantasies, with only 'God' left to bail them out. 
But as that seems unlikely, just as unlikely as all of us coming together to sing kumbaya, there is nothing left to do but accept the 'new' normal. As though there is anything new about an insecure white Christian class fighting the battles of and protecting the monied elites from all the 'rabble' who dare to claim the constitution for everyone, as opposed to just the privileged few.