Forgot to mention this email I got last week from the Brady Bunch:

VICTORY!
President Signs Bill to Strengthen Brady Background Check System

Dear Shelby,

The first major piece of national legislation to reduce gun violence in more than a decade was signed into law yesterday. Thank you for making this success possible.

Momentum is on our side because of you. Please give a generous gift today to mark this terrific progress and keep it going in 2008!

I've got to think that the Brady donors can't be too terribly happy with the Bunch, particularly considering the fact that they have to trump this up as the "first major piece of national legislation to reduce gun violence in more than a decade."

Then there's this:

And we continue our efforts to pass universal Brady background checks on all gun sales, including closing the gun show loophole.

Ah, the old "gun show loophole."

Finally,

Our special thanks go out to Representative Carolyn McCarthy and Senators Charles Schumer and Edward Kennedy for their leadership on this legislation.

Carolyn McCarthy: Mrs. Shoulder Thing That Goes Up herself.

Things are never great for gun owners, but we should take some comfort in the fact that things are so bad for the antis that they are forced to claim this as a major victory.