US Gun Insanity (4 Viewers)

[skybluetony176]

Yanks be like

 

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[David O'Day]

Obsessed.

Was actually at a shooting range only a couple of months ago, was great fun.

Working in the cafe again?

 

[Marty]

Working in the cafe again?

Obsessed.

 

[David O'Day]

Obsessed.

Don't be ashamed of the work mate

 

[Gazolba]

At the time it was written the population of the 13 states was around 4 million with only 6% of them allowed to vote.
It was a simple system written for a simple time. They had no idea how it would be used & abused in the future,

re: 2nd amendment. It was still mainly flintlocks and muskets.
They had no concept of the firepower they'd be allowing people to own in the 21st century.

And it's no different from many less democratic regimes as the ultimate deciding voice is a politically appointed Supreme Court. e,g, The abortion issue will be revisited now the Supreme Court has this new political bias.

All very true. But the right to 'bear arms' is enshrined in the US constitution.
To change the consitution requires a 2/3 majority of the entire elected federal government or of the 50 states. This is extremely difficult to achieve.
The other problem is the NRA gun lobby which will ensure that any politician campaigning on a gun control platform will be voted out of office or not elected.
The majority of the US public actually want sensible gun control legislation.

 

[tisza]

sensible gun control legislation.

That's probably the key. Always going to be gun ownership but implementing "common sense" safeguards too often blocked by vested interests.

 

[Otis]

That's probably the key. Always going to be gun ownership but implementing "common sense" safeguards too often blocked by vested interests.

Bulletproof vested interests.