I understand and don’t demean your efforts, but my feeling is when we have (and WE DO) the momentum, go for the jugular and do away with this crap altogether.
We are pulled around by our noses by all manner of liberal pukes because they are “scared” and (using the ever-present “for the children” blab and offering up bullshit statistics and phony data to imply that a law abiding person will be the cause of some catastrophe when the only catastrophes I see are ones from Muslims in this country and all over this world.
In martial arts, one learns to punch _thru_ the target, aiming not just for the target but something beyond - delivering much more energy to the target as a result.
In political arts, one learns to demand more than what’s desired, so likewise one can “settle” for what was actually wanted.
So yeah, let’s go for federal funding of personal military armament ... and “settle” for full repeal of NFA & 922(o).