Gun Control - Waterloo for Democrats?

Much has been said and debated since the senseless tragedy of the killing of 26 innocent lives, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT.  Most of it borders on hysterics, some of it downright frightening.  Both sides, Left and Right, need to calm down.  You have the Left saying the President of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and all its members should be shot.  Think of the irony of that statement for a moment.  A segment of the population that wants gun control (or just outright abolition thereof) is wanting to use guns to kill people who disagree with them.  The intolerant, bigoted, violent Left never, ever ceases to amaze or entertain.  I doubt they even recognize the irony in their statements of violence.  To make matters worse, you have people like Senator Dianne Feinstein who is once again trying to get passage on a bill that makes gun owners get background checks, finger prints and just basically makes them criminals.  What her bill is all about is to frustrate people into giving up their guns to the federal government.  Democrats are taking an enormous political risk by pushing for gun control.  I'm certain Democrats remember what happened the last time they pushed for gun control.

The last time Democrats went all out on gun control was in the middle of Bill Clinton's first term as President.  Their losses were monumental in the mid-term 1994 elections.  It was the first time that a Speaker of the House, Tom Foley, had lost reelection since the Civil War.  It was the first time since 1954 that Democrats did not control the House.  In other words, the Democrats of today are expending major political capital in their attempt to appeal or invalidate the Second Amendment.  Now, some will, once again, hysterically point out this has nothing to do with politics.  "This is all about protecting our children".  Bullshit.  I hate to say this, but Liberals don't give a damn about those children that were murdered.  This is ALL about politics to them.  Anything goes in pushing their political agenda.  As soon as the 2011 Tucson Shootings took place, Liberals immediately tried to put the blame on Conservative Tea Party members.  The bodies were still warm when they took to the airwaves and blogs to cast blame.  There was little sympathy for the six people that died and the other twelve that were wounded, including Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.  So, color me skeptical of Liberal outrage over these children.  It's all about politics to them and always will be.

Regardless of what happens to gun control in Congress, Democrats are taking a big gamble and they know it.  Democrats have been on the upswing since 2008, with the exception of 2010, and were very successful in 2012.  As stated, I'm not buying their excuse that they want to protect people from guns.  A crazy person is going to get a gun, someway, somehow.  This is about power, absolute power for the federal government.  It is not about gun control.  Democrats see this as an opportunity to press their dream of unlimited power and putting even more government into the lives of every American.