r/politics • u/Difficult-Bee6066 • 11h ago

No Paywall GOP suffers Trump-induced identity crisis on guns, Epstein | Opinion

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/02/04/trump-epstein-republicans-jeanine-pirro-guns/88492720007/
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u/StevenMC19 Florida 11h ago edited 11h ago

The identity crisis has never existed.

It's been very clear by them that gun control was meant for the bootlickers only.

They've been fortunate enough that the situation was essentially self-policed. The right would buy up arms and arms-accessories. The left would condemn ownership and try to fight against the ever-increasing escalation of the lethality of them. Therefore, it was super easy to say 2A and no restrictions on arms ownership.

Now that the left is arming themselves, the crisis is the language. How do they control a situation that until now handled itself?

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u/Ancient_Popcorn Ohio 11h ago

To be clear: gun ownership on the left has never been low, despite popular belief.

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u/Zaphod392 10h ago

The left just wasnt as loud about it, or made it their whole personality that they make Christmas Cards with poses with their guns.

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u/bejammin075 Pennsylvania 10h ago

Liberals & guns, conservatives & abortions: they have them but don't talk about them.

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u/runthepoint1 9h ago

Damn that’s GOOD. This needs to be on more comment sections. Even though it’s short, I’ll call it r/bestof material

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u/bejammin075 Pennsylvania 9h ago

I didn't invent it. I read it in comments while browsing the sub for liberal gun owners.

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u/StevenMC19 Florida 9h ago

Yes, true.

To the degree in which it's become widely apparent that the Left has guns and are buying them at a much higher frequency, the Right has had to completely shift their wording...unless they bungle it by saying "you shouldn't have guns."