http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/03/us...ates.html?_r=0
The gun control movement has shifted their focus away from federal legislation and is focusing on the state ballot initiative method of attaining their goal. This was obvious in the recent legal change in Washington state. The gun control movement is also taking a page from the same sex marriage political movement in taking a longer term view of changing people's minds on gun rights at the local level, and in state and local legislatures. The long term goal is to make their agenda of "gun safety" one that is eventually accepted as mainstream by the majority of Americans.
They have the money. Do they have the patience to win this fight?