When you think about it, the GOP sorta kinda did this to themselves, by loosening restrictions on gun ownership so much…
It’s well known that background checks are delayed, so the law simply says the gun shop can sell if the background check takes too long. Apparently they also don’t do anything if, after the gun is sold, the check comes back with a big red flag.
This made more sense in 2016 (when folks might have hated him but wanted to deliver a shock to the system).
But even now there’s a quote that explains why he attracts as much support as he does: “He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.”
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/8/18173678/trump-shutdown-voter-florida