Two things can be true. Neither party will produce any meaningful legislation on a Federal level because they just won’t, so yeah, be resigned to the fact that it won’t happen.
As to the points I mentioned above that should be taken…If you really want to reduce the number of gun deaths, start with legislation and enforcement where most of them occur. 32% of population are gun owners, 434 million total and 20 AR15’s, the vast majority owned and and used legally and safely. 50k gun deaths per year with the majority and largest increases due to suicide. Isn’t that the result of mental illness?
Most homicides are committed in urban areas by handguns. By far, the fewest deaths (<500) occur by any kind of rifle…not just an AR15.
So I support meaningful legislation, not a cherry-picked issue that makes someone feel good. I don’t support knee jerk measures which is what shu09 was alluding.