“None of this will matter to the anti-gunners who are convinced that the next law will solve the problem.”
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Unfortunately, I think you’re wrong. The anti-gunners will use this to argue that NO amount of gun laws can keep us safe. NO one can every be properly vetted.
Therefore...No one should be allowed to have guns. Except the .gov. And important politicians. And those politically connected. Etc...
Overreach by the anti-gunners serves us well, I think. It would get the attention of the duck hunters. Even Bill Clinton admits that their anti-gun moves resulted in the massive loss of Congress in 1994.
I am more concerned about incremental infringements. Kalifornia now has over 70 pages of anti-gun nonsense on the books. The Ninth Circuit recently disappointed us by ruling that there is no right to carry a handgun concealed in public. Conveniently they refused to rule on whether there was any right at all to carry in public.
With Scalia's passing, virtually everything rests on who appoints the next three or four Supreme Court justices. If it helps Trump to win in November, I would gladly let the anti-gunners use their unConstitutional no-fly list to deny some people the right to arms. It would create a great case for the Supreme Court.