Obama's struggle for gun control measures

This week, President Barack Obama visited Hartford, Connecticut to give a speech on his plans to get gun-control legislation passed. After the devastating Sandy Hook tragedy, gun control legislation has been a major debate in our nation. President Obama is currently fighting to get gun control legislation passed in Congress, however his main obstacle is convincing the unyielding Republicans in Congress. Republicans are currently working hard to prevent gun-control measures "from even coming up to debate". The threatened filibuster has so far been effective as 14 Republicans have vowed to block consideration of gun control. While Obama's promise of "common sense" gun control measures that would be fair to gun owners, the Second Amendment,  and the victims of mass-shooting tragedies seems a bit impossible (You can't please everyone), the Republican party has stubbornly refused to consider the gun control measures. 

Although Obama tries to show to the country that our nation is led by a unified Congress, I do not believe this is the case. To me, it is the same political shpeal that has been happening in the last decade. Republicans vs Democrats. Neither listens to the other. I believe the Republicans are being unfair in shooting down every single proposed idea that comes to them (even if this statement may be an exaggeration). All proposed bills should be considered fairly among the Houses and the Senate and there should be no "party bias".