If the republicans blocked a gun control measure, it would be due to the amount of money that the NRA has put into the RNC coffers. If they choose to support the GOP in that manner, then it would be partisan. Me? believe it or not, I am pro-second amendment. Instead of blocking gun legislation, though, it would do the NRA more good to come up with a gun control policy that is constitutional, and, at the same time, practical.