Pemalite said:
EricHiggin said:
Biden follows up by talking about taking action to save lives. He mentions the past and how it was different and how that justifies what he's doing now. The Republicans (and Supreme Court) are basically using the exact same argument as to RvW and abortion. What's the point in making sweeping laws and amendments, if the later opposition Gov can just take them away and erase it? Trump to a degree tries to erase what Obama did. Biden to a degree tries to erase what Trump did. A 2024 Rep win would be erasing Biden's doing's. There's little point in attempting to make major change if you can't back it up because the opposition will just reverse or erase it. |
You need bipartisan support.
Australia would not have been able to successfully enact gun control if it wasn't for a right-wing conservative government enacting such legislation, it had full support from the start from the left... Which meant there was no desire to overturn it, not socially, not at a government level.
But... We also didn't have the gun lobby paying off politicians and making false information. |
You don't need bipartisan support when you can basically just go around it through the courts like with RvW.
The gun lobby in the US don't mean much anymore. Even if they weren't there, it's highly unlikely Republicans would agree to ban guns.
Even if they were crazy enough to throw their support behind it, the gun owners themselves would put a stop to it sooner than later.
What you need in this case, is somewhat of a separation, so everyone can do what they wish for the most part in their own location.
That's why the US is set up with 50 separate states and a Federal Government that's supposed to be hands off for the most part.
