Why are Democrats allowing ourselves to be forced to carry the water

for gun control? A majority of Americans wants gun control, certainly control of automatic weapons (yes, I know; this is an imprecise term but I don't care). We have worked for years for gun control, and the Republicans have used this against us in election after election (a Trump voter I know actually told me he was afraid Hillary would repeal the second amendment). Why don't we mourn and stand by and let the Republicans--the ones who have the power to actually *do* something--take this burden?

(of course this assumes they're not all so in thrall to the Russian-backed NRA that they don't dare)

The same for DACA, and even god help us abortion. These are issues where most Americans hold the Democratic view, yet the Republicans use the Democratic stance against us--we don't care about border security or MI13 or whatever the hell that gang is; we want to kill babies.

I think a smart position would be for us to stand quietly by, waiting for the party in power to act.