What does Trump gain by this?
The people who are criticizing him over the gun laws are never going to vote for him no matter what he does.
The media and the rest of the dems are doing all they can to get public opinion into an avalanche demanding more gun control. Trump is trying to steer the avalanche in a direction where it will do minimal harm.
I don't know; I suspect he prefers to not telegraph his intentions. So far, I am satisfied that if he wasn't going to gain something better, he wouldn't be doing it.
If you think that I have bought some sort of Trumpular "better deal" kool-aid, so be it, but hey-diddle-diddle, straight up the middle plays aren't wise when the weak sisters of the GOP, the deep state, the media and the Commucrats are all on the field against you at the same time.