- Desantis won re-election with 59.4% of the vote in a “purple” state. What he is doing must be resonating with a lot of people.
-Background checks are mandatory in Florida to purchase a firearm from an FFL. There is not a single FFL dealer that will let you walk out without the ATF form
- Desantis is not pro-life. He thinks it’s ok to kill babies younger than 15 weeks
I just used background checks as my example. And I wasn't referring to only Florida. There is popular support for gun regulation en masse nationwide - background checks, close gun show loophole, limiting mag capacity, mandatory waiting periods, etc.
Also, I couldn't find current favorability polling for Ron as a governor, but as a presidential candidate his numbers tanked. He is wildly unfavorable amongst Republicans nationwide even now. He's currently averaging -14.7 (49.4 unfavorable / 34.7 favorable).
(And FWIW, FL has several bills up for vote that would repeal most of those gun laws that were enacted since the MSD HS and Orlando shootings.)