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I don't pretend to know what Trump has in mind, except he wants to be re-elected. But what he may calculate enhances his odds I do not know. I don't think Trump has many core beliefs, just a desire to win. To make an analogy the Captain Renault in "Casablanca," the political winds that give Trump a opening to political success are blowing in our direction for the moment. Let's hope the moment lasts.

And bear in mind, given the present political divide and with Republicans in control of Congress, gun rights are at greater risk under a Republican president than under a Democratic one. That is because a Republican president may be able to convince a Republican congress to do something that a Democratic president could not.

That doesn't mean I want a Democratic president. It just means life is full of risk, especially when dealing with someone like Trump. Were the congress to shift to Democratic control, a Republican president would be essential.