Seems part of the normal cycle for me. Gun rights has been a "Republican" issue (separating it from libertarians here) for decades because it was in their political interest, and thus gun control became a "Democratic" one. But as with most issues, neither party gives a shit -- Reagan famously was behind a major gun control act in California when it was the Black Panthers who wanted to exercise their rights, and I'm sure we'll see some from his party talking about how printing guns is awful now (especially if there's a second Luigi). Similarly, I'll bet we'll see more folks on the far left of the Democratic party playing down gun control (and Bernie has never exactly been a major 2A opponent).

(Treating Wired as Democrat/left-wing here, though they've had periods where they leaned more libertarian in the past, and they've always loved big corporations.)