Rep. Andrew S. Clyde, R-Ga., walks off the House floor for a television interview on Capitol Hill on Jan. 10, 2023.  (Jabin Botsford/Washington Post)

By his own acknowledgment, Rep. Andrew S. Clyde, R-Ga., has been handing out lapel pins shaped like assault rifles to fellow GOP lawmakers - an exercise that comes in the wake of a spate of mass shootings and during a week intended to honor survivors of gun violence.