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I think the idea that it was the Piers Morgan petition[1] getting 109k+ signatures was more likely to be the straw.

As mad as everyone online is about Aaron, I don't think it's actually that big an issue in Washington. The brouhahas after Sandy Hook sounds much more plausible as an issue big enough to cause a change.

[1] http://universe.byu.edu/beta/2013/01/14/white-house-rejects-...




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