Another US mass shooting

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Said before a gun violence attack on nra HQ would make a difference.
Add in one attacking the Supreme Court, might get their successors thinking …
No it won't, not at all. The NRA would just demand increased security and money would pour in for it.

These people don't care about sanctity of life. They're doing it for the $$$.

They just need to amend the 2nd amendment so that it can't possibly be as badly misconstrued as it's being now, where they completely ignore the first half of the amendment. Just get rid of the second half altogether.

States have the absolute right to restrict gun ownership to personal protection or hunting purposes and to maintain a regulated militia who cannot personally carry or store their weapons.
 
No it won't, not at all. The NRA would just demand increased security and money would pour in for it.

These people don't care about sanctity of life. They're doing it for the $$$.

They just need to amend the 2nd amendment so that it can't possibly be as badly misconstrued as it's being now, where they completely ignore the first half of the amendment. Just get rid of the second half altogether.

States have the absolute right to restrict gun ownership to personal protection or hunting purposes and to maintain a regulated militia who cannot personally carry or store their weapons.
the chance of a constitutional change getting through are less than the chance of someone killing the supreme court IMO
 
If this carries on questions should be asked about whether these guys still have a social contract to enforce law in America.
I was thinking the same thing this morning, these guys weren't selected on any judicial or legal qualification, they were selected purely for ideology. They ignore the constitution when it comes to church and state, and they ignore the bit about a well-regulated militia. If they start just making s**t up, who's to stop them? Congress? Yeah right.

What is stopping them from overturning the next presidential election if it doesn't go their way, there just has to be a case brought before them, any case will do and it appears that they can rule any way they like
 

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I was thinking the same thing this morning, these guys weren't selected on any judicial or legal qualification, they were selected purely for ideology. They ignore the constitution when it comes to church and state, and they ignore the bit about a well-regulated militia. If they start just making s**t up, who's to stop them? Congress? Yeah right.

What is stopping them from overturning the next presidential election if it doesn't go their way, there just has to be a case brought before them, any case will do and it appears that they can rule any way they like
There are serious flaws in the constitution, but they treat it like it's perfect. The GOP have shown they're happy to use those loop-holes (such as life-time appointments for ideologues instead of constitutional scholars.), but the Dems are always trying to play "fair" and only end up in an unfair fight with one hand tied behind their back.

Clarence Thomas's wife was at the Jan 6th rallies FFS.
 

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The court doesn't enforce the law.
I don't think you understand how 'enforcing the law' actually works.

The US Supreme Court, much like the High Court in Australia, plays a key role in 'enforcing the law' through its interpretation of legislation and its consistency with the Constitution.

The major difference between the US and Parliamentary systems is in how the fundamental principles of the 'separation of powers' work (or do not work) in both systems.

Specifically the close alignment between the political executive and the judiciary under the US system (especially in the appointment of judicial representatives by the government of the day) results in party politics playing a fundamental role in how legislation is enforced.

The dangers this presents to a democracy when you have an narcissistic, paranoid egomaniac like Donald Trump, who blatantly ignores the democratic principles and laws of his own country to seek and retain political power for him, his family and political supporters, has become abundantly clear in recent months.



 
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I don't think you understand how 'enforcing the law' actually works.
I can see what you mean, but the job of their SC is interpretation and ruling on applications etc. Enforcement is for the police and other agencies.
 

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So, basically anywhere in the US now, you can carry a concealed gun and it's not a crime thanks to the GOP/NRA/SUpreme Court.

And the GOP thinks it's the Dems who let the lawless people run the place.

I think a constitutional amendment to overturn this which went hell-for-leather on drug dealers being allowed to carry guns would win. It's an easy PR piece. Ad after ad of drug dealers shooting kids, bombard the airwaves with it. Throw in some school shootings for good measure.

What are the NRA ads going to be? Good guys shooting bad guys? People being scared without their gun? Hardly going to win voters over who don't really want anyone being shot. It'll be wall to wall ads of people being scared or people being shot. That fear would drive people to vote for less guns.
 

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I can see what you mean, but the job of their SC is interpretation and ruling on applications etc. Enforcement is for the police and other agencies.
Yes. My definition of enforcement was on a broader level.

Specifically the police and other agencies can only enforce (or apply) the laws that they have at their disposal - specifically as developed by the executive and enacted and interpreted by the courts.

The 3 things are not mutually exclusive.

Courts can for example, have the legislated power to order the immediate enforcement of a law or the arrest of an individual by an enforcement agency including police. And in Australia of we have sheriffs who have the responsibility of enforcing the orders of the court relating to the recovery of money; the seizure of property; the sale of a debtor's property; and the arrest of people acting in defiance of court orders.

In relation to this issue, a strike of a pen from the US Supreme Court has seen what NY Police can enforce as law one day, they cannot enforce as law the next (specifically in this case the ability of citizens of NY state to carry guns)
 
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And now for some good news:



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Washington: The Senate easily approved a bipartisan gun violence bill Thursday that seemed unthinkable a month ago, setting up final approval of what will be Congress’ most far-reaching response in decades to the nation’s run of brutal mass shootings.

After years of procedural delays that derailed Democratic efforts to curb firearms, Democrats and 15 Republicans decided that congressional inaction was untenable after last month’s rampages in New York and Texas. It took weeks of closed-door talks but bargainers from both parties emerged with a compromise embodying incremental but impactful movement to curb bloodshed that has come to regularly shock — yet no longer surprise — the nation.
 
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And now for some good news:



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Washington: The Senate easily approved a bipartisan gun violence bill Thursday that seemed unthinkable a month ago, setting up final approval of what will be Congress’ most far-reaching response in decades to the nation’s run of brutal mass shootings.

After years of procedural delays that derailed Democratic efforts to curb firearms, Democrats and 15 Republicans decided that congressional inaction was untenable after last month’s rampages in New York and Texas. It took weeks of closed-door talks but bargainers from both parties emerged with a compromise embodying incremental but impactful movement to curb bloodshed that has come to regularly shock — yet no longer surprise — the nation.
Someone won't be happy

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I read something this morning which put things into perspective re American idiocy:

To sell tacos on the streets you must undergo a rigorous process of certification which means safety checks and documentation so that the general public is safe at all times. Apparently this process is lengthy and strict.

You have to obtain a food handling permits from the Department of Health, register your cart with the Department of Transportation and have it inspected, you need an LP gas permit from the Fire Department, full insurance coverage and you have to apply to the City for a business licence - all of this to be able to sell tocos on the streets but you can walk into a gun store, supermarkets even, and buy a gun and ammo.

Truth and Justice the American way.
 
So, basically anywhere in the US now, you can carry a concealed gun and it's not a crime thanks to the GOP/NRA/SUpreme Court.

And the GOP thinks it's the Dems who let the lawless people run the place.

I think a constitutional amendment to overturn this which went hell-for-leather on drug dealers being allowed to carry guns would win. It's an easy PR piece. Ad after ad of drug dealers shooting kids, bombard the airwaves with it. Throw in some school shootings for good measure.

What are the NRA ads going to be? Good guys shooting bad guys? People being scared without their gun? Hardly going to win voters over who don't really want anyone being shot. It'll be wall to wall ads of people being scared or people being shot. That fear would drive people to vote for less guns.
the NRA ads will be "the bad guys already have the guns, the drug dealers don't need an amendment to carry, but we are fighting for YOUR right to carry to shoot them to protect yourself"

so your strategy will not work
 
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I'd like to think a daily American massacre would incite meaningful political action on their gun laws. Do you think it would?

It's almost a weekly event as it is. So I'm beginning to think the only way to stop these massacres is more massacres, more frequently.
Only thing that stops a bad massacre with a gun is a good massacre with a gun.
 

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the NRA ads will be "the bad guys already have the guns, the drug dealers don't need an amendment to carry, but we are fighting for YOUR right to carry to shoot them to protect yourself"

so your strategy will not work
Many of the drug dealers are legally carrying, that's a big part of the problem.

Imagine how much easier police work in the US would be if anyone found with a gun on them could be prosecuted for it. The number of guns on the streets would go from Sydney-level floods to South Australian creek levels.
 
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