Here's the thing that folks wanting to appease the anti's forget: "They" don't want to compromise. They don't want to understand, relate or empathize with gun owners.
Here is how they "compromise:"
"Nice car you have there. Tell you what, I'd like to keep it 6 months out of the year. That way, no one will be killed with your car while we have it in storage."
"WHAT?!" you exclaim. "There's no way I'm going to do that."
"Ok, I'm reasonable and willing to compromise....how about 5 months? You care about saving innocent lives, don't you?"
"NO, I won't do 5 months."
"Ok, how about 2 months? I'm trying to work with you here, so give me something...."
Then the media, President, etc, all praise the anti's for wanting to "find common ground" and for "negotiating in good faith," but that the pig-headed gunowners just won't budge.
But the big thing that's overlooked here is, the anti's aren't giving up anything, only the gunowner is. If he agrees to give up HIS car for even one minute a year, he's lost. What did the anti's ever put on the table? NOTHING. It was always "negotiating" for something already belonging to the gunowner.
And that's why you can't compromise with anti's.