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

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58. Their problem is the "squishy" middle.

For a long time, that worked for them because a lot of people that don't really want them to vote against reform nevertheless voted for them because it was an issue of low-concern for those in the middle that lean right. Increasingly and with every high-profile incident, this is becoming an issue of high-importance.

As a result, they cannot continue to vote against reform, even if that's what their constituents want, because those constituents are a minority everywhere...even in places long-considered to be "gun country."

John Cornyn didn't bring his compromise bill because he wants political cover for the hell of it...he, like ever more pro-unfettered-RKBA legislators, fears that we're approaching on the day when that minority and the NRA can protect him from a more-engaged growing majority that considers firearm-access-reform a higher priority than it was just a few years ago.

To be blunter, the writing is on the wall and they see they can no longer continue to do nothing if they don't want to face consequences at the ballot box.