Chalk One Up For The Good Guys

It's about time the good guys get a win.

In a major defeat for supporters of tougher gun laws, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday defeated a compromise plan to expand background checks on firearms sales as well as a proposal to ban some semi-automatic weapons modeled after military assault weapons.

After the votes, Obama angrily criticized the NRA and senators who voted against the expanded background checks...

Pouting like a spoiled little child who didn't get his way...

Careful, barry and joe, don't trip over those lower lips.

...and behaving like a little brat in the time leading up to the vote.

Last week, Barack Obama flew some of the Newtown families to Washington, D.C., for a rally at which he argued for the putting aside of “politics” that disagree with his own, warned against “political stunts” (presumably with the exception of the one he was performing), and declared a monopoly on “common sense.”

Over the last three months such behavior has been common. In countless appearances, the president has suggested that the interests of “our children” and “the gun lobby” are diametrically opposed, he has brazenly maligned the intentions of those who have the temerity to disagree with him, and he has made catharsis for the families of the Newtown massacre a national priority. It has been shameless.

In an angry rant after the vote, obama went on to say "Instead of supporting this compromise, the gun lobby and its allies willfully lied about the bill."

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Even a columnist for the ultra-liberal Washington Post acknowledges that "nothing proposed in the gun-control debates would have prevented the mass killing of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and everybody knows it."

Oh, and speaking of willfully lying, let's not forget Fast and Furious ... or Benghazi.

One thing that might help prevent future shootings is to enforce existing laws. A House committee report indicates that in 2010 there were 76,142 denials following an instant background check. Of those, only 4,732 were referred for further investigation. Out of those 4000+ cases, only 62 prosecutions resulted.

What's the point of passing new laws if they're just going to get ignored like the ones already on the books?

We must keep in mind, however, that this is just one battle in an extended and ongoing war. Enjoy the moment, but don't forget we're in this for the long run.