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Old 02-14-2018, 09:20 AM   #4612
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Re: Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop View Post
A relatively small number of gun nuts (some are close relatives) want their guns, really care about the issue, and vote. Most of the country thinks that the gun nuts are crazy and would be happy with gun control, but when Election Day comes they vote on other issues. So the politicians -- mostly Republicans, but some Democrats too -- don't want to cross them. If we put issues to a majority vote, we'd have control. This isn't Athens.
I'm pro enhanced background checks and banning ridiculous weapons nobody needs.

But on the broader issue you raise, we're a Republic, and not a pure democracy, for a reason.

The majority of this country, if we're to judge from its tastes, interests, beliefs, and views, shouldn't be allowed to vote at all. The last thing anyone should do is give a pure majority of Americans any kind of power.
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