Today's shooting in America thread

Unfortunately, it's same ole, same ole.

Mass shooting occurs. Public outrage ensues. Democrats attempt reform. NRA sends out, "Thoughts and Prayers." Republicans proclaim that "Guns don't kill people - people kill people" - and that the answer to gun violence is that "A good guy with a gun will stop a bad guy with a gun." Nothing changes.

Given the massive partisan divide in the USA and the somewhat equal proportion of Republican versus Democratic voters in the States - the only way, IMO, that gun control is likely to pass is that a slight Democratic majority in both the House and Senate exists at some point as well as a Democratic president - and that the filibuster rule in the Senate is thrown out. Only then might gun control legislation pass both houses. Even then, the Supreme Court is stacked with a super-conservative majority (meaning that they could lose 1 conservative vote and still prevail) - so whatever legislation that's passed is probably going to be deemed "unconstitutional."

I'm coming up on my 60th (sigh) birthday. Likely I'll die in my 80's. In the short span of years left to me - do I think that gun control legislation will both pass in the States and will withstand legal challenge - no fucking way.
 
Magicpole said:
The biggest richest and most fucked up country on the planet. They should hang their fucking heads in shame.
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And what's worse, reasonable sentiment and laws are actually in the majority in the States.

The fucked up, two centuries-outdated accommodation to allow individual States voting rights equal to that of citizens in the Senate - no matter that some States hold a very low population and thus according such rights warps voting outcomes in favor of rural America - plus jerrymandering and lax rules on political contributions - well... all of this results in a very uneven playing field. Far Right agendas - in spite of being unpopular by most Americans - nonetheless succeed - due to a combination of State's rights, jerrymandering, and the current super-majority in favor of conservative opinion in the Supreme Court.

The USA is fucked big time. Maybe the overreach by conservatives that's going to lead to the overturn of Roe v. Wade and the outcry against gun violence - just maybe - might begin to tip the scales. But I think not.

Democrats and their positions are in the majority. What's lacking, IMO, is a plan to turn this majority into a decisive political advantage. If Democrats are to succeed, they'll need a strategy to overcome State's Rights, jerrymandering and the current super-majority conservative representation in the Supreme Court. It's a long struggle at best - and IMO - no clear plan to achieve this outcome is even in nascent stages of formation.
 
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