Can’t imagine what could possibly go wrong with this idea.

  • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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    Laws are made up, and the people you elect can change them. Don’t tell me that if 100% of the people in the US agreed on something, you couldn’t make it happen. The whole creation of your country was illegal by royal laws and that never seemed to stop anyone.

    The people you elect are also responsible for finding experts, hiring them, listening to them, and fixing the problem.

    So again, my solution is, let more children die. You have to look upwards and to your side for any better solution. Not my job, in my country we had like 2 school shootings in total. It’s barely yours. Wouldn’t be if it was getting done. When you decide it’s yours, get more people on board and demand accountability.

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      Right that’s the issue. Only 56% support stricter gun laws, but that could mean anything from background checks to semiautomatic weapons bans. However that 56% is not evenly spread. “Blue” states will have higher support and “Red” states typically have lower support. The issue is a state like California that has the highest population gets the same representation in the Senate as the smallest state Wyoming. Both California Senators can support a ban and both Wyoming senators can not support a ban. So just like that a state of 300,000 people negates a state with 40 million people. That’s a big flaw in the Senate.

      But even with 80% support the Supreme Court could strike it down. Meaning either 2/3rds of congress or 2/3rds of states have to support changing the constitution. But if that 80% isn’t evenly distributed then senators from smaller states could block the whole thing.

      It’s a terrible system that fights progress