The Govenrment Shutdown and Giving the American People What They Want

As the GOP battle to repeal, replace, defund or delay the Affordable Care Act, AKA ObamaCare, we hear one Republican after another saying they are only doing what the American people want.  We hear it over and over like a drum beat; "the American people do not want this...blah blah blah".  In one of the latest WSJ/NBC polls 38% of respondents say the law is a good idea versus 43% who say it’s a bad idea.  So, Republicans are listening to and supporting an entire 43% of the American people.  

How admirable of them. 

What I want to know is why are they not listening to and supporting the American people when it comes to passing some common sense laws requiring stiffer background checks on ALL gun purchases?  A Quinnipiac University poll taken Sept. 23-29, 2013 found that 89% of the American people polled support requiring background checks for ALL gun purchases.  This includes 82% of the Republicans, 95% of Democrats and 89% of Independents.  In addition, 74% of NRA members also support universal background checks.

Obviously, the Republicans are having an issue with what I like to call SHL or Selective Hearing Loss.  They will shut the government down for 43% of "the American people" who do not like ObamaCare, but do not hear the 90% of those same American people who want universal background checks.  

Yeah, it's all about what the American people want.