Into this thread pretty late, and wasn't planning to comment. But...
That's a problem, yes. I have to vote for Trump because he's the least likely to enact bat **** crazy gun laws. And that's really ****ty. Given the bumpstock nonsense, along with "take the guns first" red flag support, saying he's a pro-gun candidate is not saying a lot. The idea behind representative government is that it's not a simple majority whim of the mob. If it's up to 50% + 1, that ends up being a tyranny of the popular. That's the lunch room in high school. The playground in elementary. That's Tide pod eaters deciding whether or not to take away a fundamental human right. It's not that I trust elected officials. It's that I trust their nature, that they want to be reelected. That's not always good. But it worked in the aftermath of Sandy Hook. The Feinstein feminists were frothing at the mouth thinking they finally had the crisis they needed to pull it off and ban "assault rifles". If it were a straight up democratic referendum vote, we'd have lost a lot. The Republic, for all it's faults, was enough to save our rights.
So your contention is that our level headed representatives are the only thing protecting our gun rights? I'm not advocating we abolish the bill of rights or leave everything up to the 51%
I honestly dont even have a proposal, I'm Just thinking out loud for a solution for the problem pointed out above. That you might disagree with your representative on 99% of the issues but they will vote against an AWB so you have to vote for them.
That's a problem, yes. I have to vote for Trump because he's the least likely to enact bat **** crazy gun laws. And that's really ****ty. Given the bumpstock nonsense, along with "take the guns first" red flag support, saying he's a pro-gun candidate is not saying a lot. The idea behind representative government is that it's not a simple majority whim of the mob. If it's up to 50% + 1, that ends up being a tyranny of the popular. That's the lunch room in high school. The playground in elementary. That's Tide pod eaters deciding whether or not to take away a fundamental human right. It's not that I trust elected officials. It's that I trust their nature, that they want to be reelected. That's not always good. But it worked in the aftermath of Sandy Hook. The Feinstein feminists were frothing at the mouth thinking they finally had the crisis they needed to pull it off and ban "assault rifles". If it were a straight up democratic referendum vote, we'd have lost a lot. The Republic, for all it's faults, was enough to save our rights.