This is true. Unfortunately it took 10 years to get rid of the assault weapons ban. Even then, we are still saddled with it in California and a number of other unfortunate states.
This time 'round there won't be a time limit on the AWB legislation and it will be much more difficult to get rid of.
Besides, the Republican Party was much more of a force in '94 than it is today. Who will have the vision, moral courage to and the visibility to shift the focus of the congressional election to national as opposed to district issues?
And then only because it came with a sunset clause built-in. I'm not aware of a single gun law that's actually been proactively REPEALED with an actual vote required. Even the "class" of '94, who got elected because of the overreaching, didn't actually repeal the law that handed them the majority. Course it would have probably been largely symbolic, as the Sinkmaster was in orifice, but they didn't even bother.
Why is it that only liberals can move the ball? "Conservatives" at best stop further deterioration, and more often do a little deteriorating of their own, just not as fast or as extreme as the "D"s.