The anti-gun left concocted this poppycock that the Second Amendment is some sort of attenuated "collective right" in order to try to destroy the meaning of the Second Amendment. Now that this absurdity appears to no longer be useful, they will happily consign it to the dust of the history books.
Lies and misrepresentation are all they have, and when a lie is no longer convenient, it is abandoned.
This is the naked sum total of POLICITAL CORRECTNESS.
Just as with Al Gore Junior's Global Warming Scare campaign (an abuse of government that far exceeds ANY overreach by Sen. Joseph McCarthy), there is no tolerance for debate or dissent.
The liberal (socialist) agenda will NOT permit opposition.
Such talk is criminalized and cast out from the public arena and institutions of learning.
Thoughtcrime. "why are we still talking about it" "flat earthers..." etc.