I don't believe the majority of the anti-gun people are knowingly participating in subterfuge. Some certainly are, but talking to them in person reveals striking differences when confronted with facts. I remember this one time I nailed an anti-gun person with a question and she just turned an ashen color and didn't say anything. Another person there angrily put a stop to the discussion say, "We're not going to go there." I believe the woman honestly believed that a waiting period was a good idea in all cases and had not thought it through. The guy that stopped the discussion knew the truth and didn't want it revealed.

I once asked Alan Gottlieb a question that went something like, "Why do they persist? Don't they know gun control doesn't prevent crime?" He explained that at the top level, particularly the smart politicians like Schumer, Kennedy, Clinton, etc. knew the truth very well. If you listen to them carefully you will notice they rarely, if ever, say gun control will reduce crime. They word things very carefully to avoid saying that. On the other hand the low level people, the ordinary masses of anti-gun people are ignorant or had someone close to them injured or killed by someone with a gun. The ignorant might be reached but the emotional cases and the smart people in high places probably can't.

My naive follow up question was something like, "So if they know the truth then why do they pursue it?" It depends on the person he said. Some, like Schumer, just hate the gun culture and want to destroy it. For others is a demon they can invoke to get votes. For others it's just a job they were hired to do--sort of like a lawyer defending a murderer he knows is guilty. He's trying to do the best job he can for his client.