Well, after all, this 14-year-old kid in Georgia must have been a member of "A well-regulated militia" because that's what the 2nd clearly states, no?

Let's not get too literal. We're infringing on territory that doesn't belong to us. :)

President Bill Clinton did just that. Unfortunately, it was just a
The result can be seen, crystal clear, in the stats after that:

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Honestly, I'm not sure I'd hang my hat on that one. The Reagan administration was doing a pretty darn good job of keeping all these mass shootings at bay back in the '80s. *cough*

That aside, I'd be fully on board with banning the entire congressional lobby institution, as well as putting a lock on that revolving door problem.

RS

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https://felten.se/MSUS.svg

Honestly, I'm not sure I'd hang my hat on that one. The Reagan administration was doing a pretty darn good job of keeping all these
mass shootings at bay back in the '80s. *cough*

That aside, I'd be fully on board with banning the entire congressional lobby institution, as well as putting a lock on that revolving door problem.

Would you get on board with banning the entire congressional institution itself? What good are they? They are on an honor system where they supposedly represent the people in their districts, but here we are getting irritated with their adherence to the whims of lobbyists.

The Capitol building should be turned into a museum to show tourists what it was like back in the old days when members of congress were trusted by the sheeple.

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That aside, I'd be fully on board with banning the entire

congression

lobby institution, as well as putting a lock on that revolving door problem.

Would you get on board with banning the entire congressional institution itself? What good are they? They are on an honor system where they supposedly represent the people in their districts, but here we are getting irritated with their adherence to the whims of lobbyists.

In my mind, the congressional idea is still a sound one. The general public doesn't have the time or resources to allow governance to be a full time task. (The shortcomings there can be in many forms -- being unduly swayed by the media, not having the legal or historical context that benefits a decision maker, etc.)

The system we use to put people in those seats, however... That demands a complete overhaul. I kind of like the lottery idea with a one term limit. Something akin to voluntary jury duty. (Hey, it can't be any worse than the present state.)

RS

... I thought getting old would take longer.

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https://felten.se/MSUS.svg

Honestly, I'm not sure I'd hang my hat on that one. The Reagan administration was doing a pretty darn good job of keeping all these
mass shootings at bay back in the '80s. *cough*

You do know that Reagan was one of three former presidents that supported this ban on military assault weapons? Even he could see how crazy it was going.

Alas. I'm sure happy to live in socialist hell where AR-15 huggers do not kill our children daily.


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The system we use to put people in those seats, however... That demands a complete overhaul. I kind of like the lottery idea with a one term limit. Something akin to voluntary jury duty. (Hey, it can't be any worse than the present state.)

I agree that it needs an overhaul. A lottery system with a single term sounds better than what we have now. Now, committee chairs make the recruitment decisions, and that's bad because 1) they make bad decisions, and 2) there's some sort of elite alliance that gets candidate names on the recruiters' desks. Lastly, 3) primaries are rare. We haven't had one (for US Rep) in my region for a very long time. Not the Republicans nor the Democrats.

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I agree that it needs an overhaul. A lottery system with a single term sounds better than what we have now. Now, committee chairs make the recruitment decisions, and that's bad because 1) they make bad
decisions, and 2) there's some sort of elite alliance that gets
candidate names on the recruiters' desks. Lastly, 3) primaries are rare. We haven't had one (for US Rep) in my region for a very long time. Not
the Republicans nor the Democrats.

I'm with you on those first two points.

The third... That brings us to an intersection where the current party system should take a long walk off a short cliff, too.

Ah, good ol' fantasy land...

RS

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Would you get on board with banning the entire congressional institution itself? What good are they? They are on an honor system where they

supposedly

represent the people in their districts, but here we are getting irritated

wit

their adherence to the whims of lobbyists.

It is better than the alternative... a dictator.

For many years, it was the marxists in the Democrat party who would have
wanted something like this. I am a little concerned to see others
suggesting it.


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I agree that it needs an overhaul. A lottery system with a single term

sounds

better than what we have now. Now, committee chairs make the recruitment decisions, and that's bad because 1) they make bad decisions, and 2) there's some sort of elite alliance that gets candidate names on the recruiters'

desks

Don't doubt that lottery candidates would also ultimately be from elite
groups and not everyday people.

Lastly, 3) primaries are rare. We haven't had one (for US Rep) in my region

fo

a very long time. Not the Republicans nor the Democrats.

Why are they rare? We have them before every election, even the local non-partisian races, and even if there is only one candidate from each
party running. Do they really not have them, or do you just not vote in
them?


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