steve - they will not meddle with the gun law - it stems back to the constituion and the right to bear arms - any move in that direction by the dems would bring Obama tumbling down. Visit the States and talk to the locals where you go and you will realise that this is akin to the debate over here about removal of the Royal Family and, north of the border, the separation of Scotland and England - i.e. the silent majority views are pretty well set and immovable.