The left is indeed trying to stifle his rulings, but they're also trying to do so by throwing the proverbial poo at the wall to see what sticks. If they had half a brain between them all, they'd know that having a United States District judge voluntarily recuse himself from criminal proceedings would accomplish the opposite of their goal with respect to advancing gun control measures. If they were smart (and they're not), they'd have found a way to have him recuse himself from presiding over civil cases. Fortunately for us, the left has made their bed and now they've got to sleep in it given that United States District judges are appointed to a life term. It would take far more serious misconduct for a judge to be removed from the bench.