that is a position held by only an extreme few on the far left. In reality it's only about expedient politics that benefit certain politicians catering to their base for political gain. And yes, you are correct, it has nothing to do with making anyone safer.It has nothing too do with making schools safer and all about disarming Americans.
But that is who we are dealing with, the extreme left gun control has always been their agenda.
And while they may want that the reality is not all on the left are extreme, just as not all on the right are extreme. Most know a so called assault weapons ban will never pass congress and most realize, if by some fluke, it does the next Republican president will get it repealed or wait for it to expire and not renew it.
In a short period time the furor over this will die down and the majority of those currently reacting emotively will either lose interest or wise up to reality. Those people are the reason Obama wants the ban passed now, he knows the typical attention span of the vast majority of Americans.