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-Jason
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So why doesnt this gun ban bill go to a peoples vote? Shouldnt something this big be decided by the people?
-Jason
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It would be called a referendum.
Referendums are great when the outcome of an issue can be controlled by local, state or fed intervention.
Referendums are designed to make the great unwashed "feel" they are in control.
Not possible with the gun issue as the gov will control this one with a preemptive strike.
"When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can, and will, do too much." Ronald Reagan
Do what you can; then do what you must
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You are right , it should. But the liberals don't think we are smart enough. They think they know what is best for us and that is all that matters.
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Your rights are not to be put up for a vote at all. You have no right to vote away the rights of your fellow citizen. If we properly understood natural law we would reject democracy as the great enemy of freedom that it is. Following the theory fully, any law, no matter how unjust, is just fine as long as 51% are convinced. That is supposed to be why we have a Constitution, in writing, in the first place.
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That is why we live in a Republic. Pure democracy in action gets you Egypt.
I'd rather be lucky than good any day
There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
No. That isn't how laws get passed in this country except perhaps in California where they have what I think isOriginally Posted by Jab73180
called "Initiative and Referendum."
"Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war."
John Adams. Second President of the United States.
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What gun ban bill? What's its Senate or House number?
It did go for a vote of the people. And the people voted for Obama.
And the damage done in the next 4 years will likely be permanent.
But hey, it's not like they didn't know... They wanted free phones instead of Freedom!
-Bark'n
Semper Fi
"The gun is the great equalizer... For it is the gun, that allows the meek to repel the monsters; Whom are bigger, stronger and without conscience, prey on those who without one, would surely perish."
As much as I disagree with Obama, any bill MUST pass the Congress BEFORE he can sign it. That's why it is VERY important for us to FLOOD Congress with letters. We KNOW he will sign it, our only hope is for it not to make it to him.
SOLD my guns.
Proud owner of a 12lb. Chinese pug that is DANGEROUS and is soon to be registered!
I agree... But Republican's are barely hanging on for control of the House by their fingernails. And since the president has the bully pulpit, he's been doing a pretty good job of demonizing them over the fiscal cliff situation. If the Republicans lose control of the House in the 2014 mid-terms (which is a distinct possibility), then Fienstein's gun ban bill will rammed through both houses, and then we can choke on it.
-Bark'n
Semper Fi
"The gun is the great equalizer... For it is the gun, that allows the meek to repel the monsters; Whom are bigger, stronger and without conscience, prey on those who without one, would surely perish."
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The majority of people who voted, voted for Obama! This begs the question, would any more people actually vote if a gun ban was put to a vote? If not, the gun ban wins. Face it, the majority of voters are liberals, anti-gun, selfish, greedy lazy morons. Our choices are fewer!
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Yep, a Republic prevents the majority from voting away the individual rights of a minority, even if that minority is one.
John Luttrell
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The present administration would never take a chance on having "the people" make a decision.
"If you make something idiot proof, someone will make a better idiot."
- Anon
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