Huffington Magazine Issue 43 | Page 44

PETE MAROVICH/GETTY IMAGES “WE AREN’T GOING AWAY” political agenda. “We had to try to get some balance into the conversation,” he said. “And we are in better shape now than our critics and even some within our ranks believed possible when this battle started.” That seems to be true. Bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines — two of the most popular and talked-about reforms — are probably non-starters in Congress and may not even get a vote. An expansion of background checks for gun sales, the core of a Senate bill to be debated in April, is by no means certain to pass the upper chamber, w