With former president Donald Trump winning the 2024 presidential election and Republicans retaking the majority in the U.S. Senate (votes are still being counted in some close House races, but it’s likely they will keep that, too), the response from various groups invested in the gun control debate was quite diverse.
As expected, gun-rights groups—many of which had put lots of time, money and effort into the election—were nothing less than ecstatic at the results.