Well, I agree that was a problem - but not the major problem. This whole administration of Democrats is scaring most of America with their leftist policies (Go Polosi - heh). Gun issues are just one of the issues that they can’t understand...actually a good thing - they do seem to be tone deaf on so many other issues though.
And, actually, the Dems know just how radioactive the gun issue is and will not get anywhere near it, until they have the rest of their agenda imposed on us.
The had a chance in 2007 with the Virgina shooting to tighten things up with guns, and Pelosi essentially said: “no way”, we’ve got bigger fish to fry.
The real question for Democrats now is how are they going to get our guns prior to the economy totally collapsing? If they don’t make a move next year, they will have an even more gun-friendly Congress to deal with in 2011.