It’s the flip side of my recurring observation:
The biggest problem with the Right is that we’ll tie ourselves in knots trying to objectively explain & rationalize both sides of whatever position they take, while they just race on to the next feel-good self-satisfying declaration. We may be right, but the bulk of the electorate doesn’t want to, say, follow a prolonged treatise on the history of the Second Amendment and its extrapolation to today’s weaponry & circumstances, when “of course we should have reasonable restrictions” is so effective.
Meanwhile, Trump will not take the bait. He will simply mock them. Therein lies his appeal for many.