Just a coincidence the neo-marxist Democrats had legislation all prepared once the F&F scheme worked out as they hoped it would:
Legislation Introduced To Stem Gun Trafficking
Bill by Reps. Maloney, Cummings, McCarthy empowers law enforcement to keep firearms out of criminal hands—
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) introduced the “Stop Gun Trafficking and Strengthen Law Enforcement Act.”
http://democrats.oversight.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5376&Itemid=49
Check it, at the page linked, the NYT yammering editorial was pre-sched to the minute -- but notably it had to be rather fugly reconstructed in light of the coming-to-light of F&F's illegal ops.