because they o'mpposed a loopho known as the boyfriend loophole. who is it? it ensured that anyone convicted, not accused but convicted, convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence would not be allowed to own or possess a gun. in the last few years, senators had been trying to expand that prohibition to not just married partners but to those who live together or those who share a child, but also those who are dating partners or stalkers and others covered by a protection order. but the nra didn't like it. they opposed the limitation on gun ownership in general, even in spite of the obvious truth, and it made women and children more vulnerable to violence, more vulnerable to abuse and more likely to be killed by their abuser who would now have the means to kill. i saw this so many times as a prosecutor looking at domestic