You're beating a dead horse on this friend.
What they're doing is *not* milking ... somehow, you've got this knee-jerk reaction everytime something objective is mentioned.
Count your lucky stars - we COULD have hoards of democratic house members decrying the need for more 'gun control on every other sound bite coming out of Washington!
Get real man and get a grip! You're losing it!
There is an election in a few weeks. They've been quietly working at this for some time. After the election is when we'll hear them speak up.