You are so right.
Every death is a tragedy but the actual % of the affected population is quite small compared to the alternative possibilities of an unrestricted totalitarian government.
History means nothing to people because, "It can't happen here." or "This is America not Russia we are different here." Which goes to show many people don't have enough sense or desire to use the sense that God gave them to actually think and they should not vote. Universal suffrage is not a good idea.