Trump never gave a shit about the gun lobby. They're just useful idiots to him.

The government out spends the public. Dont expect gun lobbies to side with the people - they know where their bread is buttered.

Mr "take the guns first, deal with due process later" doesn't care about gun rights? Really?!

As others have said, he never cared about them. And the signs were there to see. But too many people chose to ignore those signs out of convenience.

Trump makes an enemy of everyone sooner or later.

He doesn't care who he makes an enemy of anymore.

He's accountable to nobody.

Let's stop pretending these stories of people "turning on Trump" mean ANYTHING for actual policy or activity going forward.

The first time anything MIGHT have any impact is after the midterm elections, and that comes with such a laundry list of qualifications...

It will require people willing to stop Trump to win those elections, but that's just step ONE, and that's the EASY step. Next, it will require democrats to be willing to grow a pair and stand for at LEAST one principle, it will require the executive branch to not simply IGNORE any directives or legislation (which they are ALREADY doing - talk to me when the Epstein files are released as required by law), and it will require the Supreme Court to not invent batshit reasons to neuter congressional power.

We are not at a turning point. Things will not get better until they get far, far worse.

Hates gun lobby, hates veterans, hates reasonable people. Nothing matters.

"They should be thankful, I'm opening up whole new markets for them" - trump, probably

NGL, most of the 2a MAGA folks I know, are already on-point WRT Trump trying to undermine gun rights.

They are decidedly NOT happy about it.

Trump makes enemies of everyone eventually. The only surprising thing is that the gun lobby thought Mr. "Take the guns first, go through due process second" was their ally in the first place.

Those idiots are easily manipulated. They will be fed their talking points in the next few days and be back on side in a week tops.

Not the lobby, no. Some 2nd Amendment fans in the public, but in contrast the NRA have already issued statements in support of Donald Trump's gestapo murdering people in the street over concealed carry.

Wake me when "Conservatives" of any flavor throw their weight behind anyone without an 'R' next to them on the ballot or vote for them...

trump has been harder on gun rights than other modern presidents even before this term...

A progressive that's pro 2A would absolutely kill it in any election right now. And any politician who isn't pro 2A at this point is telling us they don't have what it takes if it comes to it.

The gun lobby’s care more about capitalist economics than they do about any actual right to bear arms ideology. I doubt any outrage they have stated is more than performative.

It was doubtful the wannabe dictator was going to allow guns after he entrenched himself - seems inevitable. I tried to tell the dipshits I know who vote Repubtard because of guns, but they're a smoothbrained lot.

The gun lobby cares about who buys the most guns from them. Currently it's the US government so they're not gonna bitch about it.

A necessary step in their plan is to eliminate all private gun ownership. Trump is just moving along as his handler/masters want.

I don't expect the gun lobby to ever full throatedly take a libertarian stance when the biggest purchaser within their space is the federal government and they represent gun manufacturers at the end of the day.

Leopards blew my face off.

Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours.

We all need to sideline the NRA. They helped rebirth Hitler in the US

Strange bedfellows sometimes. He's made an enemy of Marjorie Taylor Greene, too.

There is such a history of guns in the United States, that there is no way we will ever not have guns. If there are going to be guns, I want more good guys with guns than bad guys. If the pro gun crowd turns against Trump, that would be great!

"Gun Lobby" is just another capitalistic industry that did successful regulatory capture a century or so ago. Who cares about them. The fact that guns are useful tools is beside the point. It's like claiming that Trump is making a an enemy of John Deere.

They must know what they have to do.

Psych

I mean, conservatives also totally forgot that he once said "take the guns first, due process second" and then promptly moved on and everyone forgot about it

If Democrats want to make Republicans heads spin they would allow open carry of anything for the purposes of defense against the tyrannical and fascist federal government.