Oh I'd prefer to kill it with fire.
But the facts are simple: we have a Democrat President and Senate, after the largest shooting in a decade. The entire country - conservatives, liberals, anti-gunners and the NRA board of directors - believe that the inevitable circle of events is that after every large shooting, the legislature imposes new gun laws. Even the people who oppose this regard it as inevitable - turning it into a self-fulfilling prophecy. That, despite these facts, we have a bill that does not achieve the primary goals of the gun control movement - universal background checks and an AWB -- and that even enhances gun rights in some respects - is nothing short of amazing, especially as this bill will likely suffer further 'compromise' before it passes.