And any meaningful gun control legislation in the US would need to come from the Republican Party (fat chance!) as Democrats would probably support it but any proposal from the Democrats would never have Republican support.
It’s a bit like Nixon going to China. It had to be a commie-hating President that did that for it to be widely accepted.
Any meaningful gun control in the US needs to come through a Constitutional Amendment.
Yes and this requires widespread support by Republicans and Democrats in Congress and at the state level. This would only happen with Republicans proposing it, which was my point.
You know, you could have just posted that.
I did in my first post:
“ And any meaningful gun control legislation in the US would need to come from the Republican Party (fat chance!) as Democrats would probably support it but any proposal from the Democrats would never have Republican support.”
Yes, I know.
And we both know nothing is going to change in the USA so this is all academic.
It really only needs support at the state level.
I’d love to see a Constitutional Convention called, for a number of issues.
In theory yes. 2/3rd of the states legislatures could get together to propose a constitutional amendment by convention. In practice, 0 of the 27 amendments passed have been done that way.
I can’t resist the tangent.
We seem not to have perceived that, by the law of nature, one generation is to another as one independant nation to another…
On similar ground it may be proved that no society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs always to the living generation…
Every constitution, then, and every law, naturally expires at the end of 19. years. If it be enforced longer, it is an act of force and not of right.
I expect that if Jefferson had been in Philadelphia, our constitution would have provided for an automatic constitutional convention every so often. I doubt that he could have sold 19 years, but maybe every 50 years?
I don’t know if they would have actually resulted in any amendments. But, I wonder what the convention in 1838 would have done with looming issue of slavery.
By then (by 1820, actually), the Southern coalition got wise and demanded equal representation such that no convention could pass the abolition of slavery.
And, unlike Canada, Australia doesn’t have to contend with a flow of illegal guns from its neighbour.
Australia parliament passes gun reform and anti-hate bills after Bondi shooting
Australia provides alternative to thoughts and prayers after 15 killed in mass shooting.
I can’t believe that they would politicize a tragedy so soon. It isn’t the right time. /s
Canada is in the Americas too.
Just watched the powerful and beautiful vigil for the victims of the Tumbler Ridge shooting. Very moving.
Nice that politicians at the federal, provincial and local levels all gave uplifting, non-political speeches. No partisanship. Carney and Poilievre even held hands during the prayer by one of the local chiefs.