Many feel the 1986 FOPA was a mistake. Both NRA as well as GOA favored this, yet only NRA gets panned for it. Legislation can sometimes have a negative outcome from what authors originally intended.
But again, most of Board members that supported '68 GCA have gone on to that big rifle range in the sky.
As for EXILE? Been discussed here on many threads. I personally dislike it as it Federalizes crimes. However, it doesn't kick in until after someone has been convicted of a felony. At least as of two years ago, no one here on FR was able to present evidence to the contrary.