[jndsn402]

They are very powerful in that almost no politician is willing to act against their interests. Please correct me if that impression is wrong.

[jff]

You're right, nobody is attempting to act against them. All the (ludicrous, unworkable, unenforceable, sometimes blatantly unconstitutional) bills that get drafted (and sometimes passed) in California, NY, Illinois, and Washington DC, those are just figments of gun-addled imaginations.