He did, he said they could slip it by because the political situation had an emotional, galvinizing moment. Sort of like the left’s equivelant to passing the Patriot act in the wake of hysteria. It’s not that they suddenly drafted the Patriot act and thought it was a good response to 9/11, it’s a bunch of shit they’ve wanted to do for a long time and were just waiting for something to cause public sentiment to possibly allow it. Hey, dead kids, awesome.
Oh, and now you guys can claim not to be wrong on the issue of whether gun control was going to be an issue going forward, because hey, dead kids. Everyone wins!