A trick?
Not a trick so much as a tactic. Obama has his mouthpiece Salon run a story saying how discouraged he is and that he can’t get the gun control he wants and that he is giving up. The rabid sycophants on the left get their panties in a wad and make a bunch of noise for one of their favored topics and then, with the rabid left featured on all the news outlets demanding gun control, Obama can say it is the will of the people and executive order his way around it.
Yes, he’ll go the executive order route. He only said he wasn’t dealing with congress.