Egreguious legislation is never meant to remedy today; it's meant to remedy a couple decades from its passage. Another attribute of legislation is that it can be amended once it is settled in the Code. Legislation with a sunset is hands off; legislation with the sunset removed will not stay as it is if it has any potential to transfer sovereign power from individuals to the government.
Make no mistake, both major parties want guns restricted and finally removed from the hands of citizens, whether republicrat or demoblican. There are serious and accelerating efforts toward socialist systems, many of which, yet to come, will not get past an armed citizentry. There is the looming bankruptcy and failure of the welfare system without chocks put in place, as per the preceeding sentence, that every person will percieve, and will actually be, as tyranny.
Today the only opposite concept to stark cynicism toward politicians and government is abject gullibility. All governemnt seeks to acquire more sovereignty form its citizens, without exception. It is the nature of the beast, and cannot stop until said government has either collapsed, been overthrown or owns all sovereign power as in a dictatorship. 