Because to try and disarm us BECAUSE of 9/11 would backfire. We were told who our enemy was, followed shortly thereafter by the Amthrax deal, and reminded that we have homegrown terrorists and 'muslim' extremist here on our turf....to try and disarm us with all this other information floating around would've been counter-productive.

The LAST thing people will want to do is give up their guns, when they are told we have enemies within our borders.

The ONLY way to get people to get rid of their guns is to change the constitution (which they tried and failed ONLY because of a handful of Constitution loving judges who will soon be out of the picture), then from there, regulate who is allowed to have them and why (aka state militia, military, etc). From there, all the folks that join the military/militia to have their guns would then be used to disarm the rest of us, WITHOUT government accountability.