I don't think that's an outrageous amount. My beef is that they are baby-stepping the public on the core power-dynamic between the governed and the politician, and they are helping the Courts bury the Courts own lies.
-- I agree, the public for the most part doesn't care, but I have been surprised by the number of women here in North Georgia that have guns -- and carry them. --
I think the public sort of cares, and I agree that guns for personal protection are a hot item. See too, AR-15's flying off the shelves. I'm confident that the people of Illinois are just as interested in keep and bear as your neighbors in North Georgia, but those folks don't care so much that they are storming the castle.
The gun grabbing powers are patient. This sort of paradigm shift takes a generation or three to complete. RKBA will soon be right to a gun at home, if the gun is on the approved list and you have a license. CCW at states discretion.
Interesting way of putting it -- had not thought about it in that sense, though I knew they often should have pushed the issue more.
May be worthwhile to bring up this point more often, to remind us.