Exactly, and that is why we have to concentrate on influencing the opinions of the grass roots, rather than the opinions of the politicians. If you get a majority pro-gun sentiment in a district, by necessity the politicians from that district will have to follow along, or be turned out of office. The antigunners know how this works. They have succeeded in creating the impression that there's a mass movement in favor of banning guns, and that's why the politicians are jumping on the bandwagon. I've seen this in my own area. Politicians who used to have an "A" rating from the NRA, within a couple of election cycles have earned an "F" rating. (And it never seems to go the other way.) It's clear that they don't have any autonomous principles about guns on their own -- they're just responding to what they think their constituents want. (Sen. Gillibrand from NY is a perfect example of this.)
Look where the numbers are. Northern Virginia probably has a third of the population of the entire state. Then when you add Charlottesville, Richmond, and the Tidewater, liberals have practically a lock on the state going forward. This is not your father's Old Dominion.
