"About 76% of Americans surveyed said they believed mass shootings are something 'we can prevent and stop if we really tried,' and not something that must be accepted 'as part of a free society.'"
And yet here we are.
https://www.axios.com/2023/04/17/majority-americans-mass-shootings-stop
@enmodo @edbott
Beg to differ.
The GOP has disproportionate percentage of state legislators and Congressional representatives due to extensive post-Obama (2010 census) gerrymandering and probably also due to voter suppression in red states.
MY US Representative and Senators represent me pretty darn well.
@kegill @edbott but in the US Congress do they have the power to get anything done? A couple of decades ago there was at least some opportunity for compromise. But these days unless a party has a majority in both the house and Senate it's pretty much a stalemate right?
As for your State legislature I guess you're lucky. But that isn't protecting your individual rights at a Federal level which leads to many other States getting screwed, or even everyone when SCOTUS puts the hammer down.
Ed Bott
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