....for the majority of the non-gun-owning country, gun rights are black hole that they really don't understand, or aren't emotionally invested in, so they take whatever the pols feed them even if its a lie, because they don't know any better.
-Mike
+1. And I think that most politicians fall into that lot themselves. So, they feel that if they vote anti-gun or create an anti gun law they are doing a good thing. Or even worse, they just know that most voters will think that they are doing a good thing.