Trust me, Lou, there are more degenerates inside the legislature than anywhere else.
I could care less about bangers killing each other. I do care about them killing innocent people, either during holdups or with the not-that-infrequent stray bullet these piece-of-shit guns (and half-assed shooters) discharge with alarming frequency. You'd think these "Law-and-Order" congressmen would care about that, too, but they care more about taking money and favors from the gun lobbyists and getting it on with their pages and interns.
You're right about the "all-or-nothing" policy. You'd think they'd focus more on the interests of legitimate gun owners.