[longtermmemmory]

sounds like the socialists are not going to allow the second amendment rights of citizens to return without a fight. The article is a propaganda puff piece to make this fool a poster child for the ban. Since logic can't win the day, get people to feeeeeeel their way on the issue.

[neverdem]

But McCarthy seems undeterred by the opposition and expressed confidence in her record. She also said he was not afraid of ruffling feathers as the gun control battle heats up again.

"I'm already getting colleagues saying, 'You're not going to bring this up again, are you?"' McCarthy said. "I say, "Yeah, I am."'

I think you might have missed the last point, at least from my viewpoint. Whether those colleagues are rats or pubbies, they seem to be saying stay away from gun control, please, we want to keep our jobs.