Democrats would lose the Senate in 2014 if a serious gun ban were proposed.

[Douglas Carpenter]

55. I agree this is absolutely no possibility whatsoever of ANY meaningful gun legislation passing

anytime in the foreseeable future. That could eventually change and sanity could eventually prevail - but for the foreseeable future there is not a snowballs chance in hell that ANY serious and credible gun legislation will pass. Of course, no mainstream Democrat is in any way, shape or form even thinking of supporting any kind of broad ban on firearms. But there are a number who would support much more serious restrictions. But the gun lobby, like the insurance lobby, the militarily industrial complex lobby, the Cuban-American lobby, obviously the pro-Israel lobby and no doubt some other lobby's that get less overt attention - hold such a strong political grip over the political process though a combination of their armies of single-issue true believers and their ability to reward and punish - there is not ANY possibility whatsoever that ANY meaningful progress can be made on the gun issue and a number of other issues at least for now and the foreseeable future. Things could change and these events could be pivotal in initiating a change toward a sane and rational view regarding firearms. But for now, and as far as the next few elections cycles are concerned that is of course not going to happen.