Thank you Diane Feinstein

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28. A study on mass shootings after the assault weapon ban was lifted, observed that mass shootings

increased significantly after that ban ended.

As for your hypothetical that she lost the "political momentum" that would have resulted in more reasonable legislation, ignores the fact that the republicans had the majority in BOTH houses in 2014, and were not going to have ANY gun control legislation get through.

It is pretty clear that it isn't going happen this time either.

Negotiating between two parties starts when both sides present their positions, and then work to find a middle ground. That applies to anything, including gun legislation. There was nothing wrong with what Senator Feinstein attempted to do. The problem was dealing with a party that was UNWILLING to compromise on anything related to gun legislation.

This is just another side effect of the contribution made by those self-identified progressives who refused to vote for the Democratic nominee by either voting third party or not voting

It really does help to have the majority in both Houses of Congress, and a Democrat in WH, and while it may be easy to setup a scape goat in Senator Feinstein blaming her on the lack of gun legislation, it is bullshit