I think that Bernie Sanders saying he can bring the two camps to the middle on the guns issue and then still advocating an "assault weapons" ban, shows the disconnect between the two sides on the issue. An AWB covers the most popular rifle in the US, the AR15, and does nothing to reduce gun violence (logically and historically). I think this is a case of a politician once again trying to paint his stance on a issue as something else than what he has voted by using uplifting phrases.