A Brief Synopsis

I'll try this again in the hopes that certain commenters actually read it...

We're not going to get a pure bill.  The reason for this is our congresscreatures aren't entirely beholden to gun votes to gain and retain their seats.

If we were the only voting bloc that mattered and we named Caesar like the praetorian guard, we'd have everything our way for all time.

We don't and never will.

There's an impression that Chuck Schumer, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer had things entirely their way and that they made zero compromises to get their anti-gun shit passed.

You might notice that we still have handguns.

You might notice that the assault weapon ban wasn't actually a ban.  It was still legal to possess "banned" items that existed prior to the "ban".

You might notice that the AWB had several carve outs to the FUDD contingent of gun-owners.

You might notice that the AWB sunsetted.

If the anti-gun people didn't have to make compromises, they'd have banned all of that and it'd have taken a literal act of congress to repeal it.

Chuckie, Di and Babs are certainly happy that we refused to compromise and mess with the status quo.  Congratulations.

I remember how happy we were when Dianne made her little "Mr and Mrs America turn them all in," speech!  She let the mask drop.  But that same interview where she expressed her truest desires, she also talked about all the compromises and deals they had to make to get what they got.

It took forever for the FUDDS to finally catch on these guys mean their guns too.  How long before the purists realize that incrementalism is how you get the ball rolling and build momentum?