One person’s poignant comic strip is another person’s propaganda.
The gloves came off so long ago that anyone in the middle has long left the dialogue. There really is no compromise left to be had because each side now will only accept total victory. When was the last time we’ve heard anyone say “well, let’s take a look at both sides of the situation and see what we can hash out”? It’s all just trench warfare for the foreseeable future.
The [implied] portrayal of gun owners this comic is the very reason why the NRA is able to maintain such high membership levels. They can point at this and say “do you see what the other side thinks of you?”