Why do the Repubulicans keep sticking to the same script over and over "the libs want your guns" when in fact they are the ones who are the problem?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nra-unshaken-after-texas-school-shooting_n_629212fde4b0415d4d85eb54
NRA Speakers Unshaken On Gun Rights After School Massacre

One by one, they took the stage at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston and denounced the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school across the state. And one by one, they insisted that further restricting access to firearms was not the answer to preventing future tragedies.
“The existence of evil in our world is not a reason to disarm law-abiding citizens,” said former President Donald Trump, who was among the Republicans who lined up to speak before the gun rights lobbying group Friday as thousands of protesters angry about gun violence demonstrated outside.
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Trump accused Democrats of trying to exploit the tragedy and demonizing gun owners.
“When Joe Biden blamed the gun lobby he was talking about Americans like you,” Trump said, referring to the president’s emotional plea in a national address asking, “When in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?”
Why do the Repubulicans keep sticking to the same script over and over the libs want your guns when in fact they are the ones who are the problem?
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A Supreme Court justice’s solution to gun violence: Repeal Second Amendment

Four years ago, when — as now — the nation was reeling from the horror of a mass school shooting, a retired Supreme Court justice suggested a radical solution: getting rid of the Second Amendment.

John Paul Stevens issued the call after 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in Feb
Why do the Repubulicans keep sticking to the same script over and over "the libs want your guns" when in fact they are the ones who are the problem?
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