I have several problems with this
1. They can still bring the AWB back up afterwards,
2. I'm not for giving them an inch on any of the other stuff either.
3. They could still try to do the AWB thru the States.
4. Use it as a 2014 campaign issue, hope to get control of House & Senate, and then pass what they want.
but the issue isn't dead, it's only them taking it out of view for a short time.
OOOOOOOOOOOO HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH; and last night they were pointing out that about 40 states are passing laws saying that any bans (guns, mags, etc) that any State Agy or LEO in the state cannot "aid' the Fedl Govt in enforcing those bans, etc. (Ks has a bill too). And they were discussing that without local LEO support, the Fedl Govt didn't have the manpower needed to enforce any of the bans.
So, this may have been 'one' reason they were giving up .... because they know they would never be able to enforce it in those 40 states.
New Yorkers are going to be really happy , aren't they.
They are not giving up. They are looking for a way to get the guns from us dangerous hayseeds.Obama is from Chicago. He knows how gun bans work.