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Guns could be removed by passing a Constitutional amendment to repeal the 2A. The thing is, the anti-gun people are simply unwilling to do this because their p
by infamouscow 2y ago
Guns could be removed by passing a Constitutional amendment to repeal the 2A.
The thing is, the anti-gun people are simply unwilling to do this because their position isn't nearly as popular as they believe. There's nothing stopping them from going through that effort other than fear. If 80% of the population really did agree with them, passing an amendment to repeal the 2A should be a no-brainer for any politician that wants to get re-elected.
- bdangubic 2y agothis would be 100% accurate if this was an actual election issue, real or spoon-fed by politicians. while 80+% may be fully against ownership what do you reckon is a percentage from that group that would vote for a candidate simply on that one issue alone?! I am ballparking less than 2% - perhaps only family and friends who lost loved ones to gun violence
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoI think you may be glossing over how difficult it is to pass a Constitutional amendment.
- bdangubic 2y agoIf data is right and it pretty much is that ~80% of US population is for some sort of a gun control, then passing Constitutional Amendment would be a breeze. If majority of these 80% of people were single-issue voters and this was THE thing they cared about, it would take few election cycles but eventually this issue would carry enough clout that things would get done... of course it never will be though...
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoFor some context around my comment, the ERA was introduced 101 years ago and still has yet to be ratified. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment