If Senate Democrats had accepted due process, we would have gun control

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44. In this case, yes...on both sides.

*The GOP knows they can't continue to stonewall calls for reform, so they offer a "compromise" that doesn't change the arithmetic, just the timeframe, and the next time a tragedy occurs...they can claim they passed a "common-sense reform" that fell short.

*The Democrats saw a compromise that wasn't going to achieve anything of substance and decided that it was better to smother it, with the hopes that public outcry would force the GOP to make a better compromise.

It's problematic because they're both gambling with OPL (other people's lives)...but it's also a (self-justified) game of chicken--both sides have a lot invested in political capital in needing to come out of firearm-access-reform¹ with a "win."

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1: I've decided the term "gun control" is problematic and should be avoided...not everybody believes we need "gun control" but few people would argue against the necessity of reforms that deny access to firearms to terrorists, those with malign motives, and violent criminals in a manner that is least-onerous to lawful, responsible gun-buyers.