The politics landscape has changed quite a lot. What changed is that gun companies lobbies lobbied the government and bought a bunch of politicians on both sides of the aisle and they continue to lobby to this day.
They also made a big push to convince the general population that guns are necessary for home defense, hunting, personal defense/security, and other recreation. And played up those factors to the part of the population that wants to gravy seal it up.
Further, there’s an increasing lack of bipartisan support for most legislation (not just gun law). A lot has changed.
In order to change an amendment you need to take a couple of steps.
One of these is getting either a 2/3 of states to call for a constitutional convention or for 2/3 of both and Senate to agree to ratify the amendment. So I think if you look at the political landscape of today you can certainly understand why it hasn’t happened.
It’s not even the full story. Some of the other commenters are correct in that the gun problem in America isn’t just about the laws or ability to change amendments. It’s also about the American obsession with guns. We have the same obsession with guns recreationally that some war torn nations have with them who actually need them for defense.
The memes about like. Child soldiers in Sierra Leone or Iraq showing off gun stockpiles vs American family photos with 200 guns and 12 people in America isn’t a one off thing. Our society has kind of been poisoned by guns as some kind of weird ideology. This has a lot to do with fear mongering and the gun lobby. But also with all our other systemic problems like poverty, and racism, and class warfare, and lack of universal healthcare and significant failures in even implementing mental healthcare that’s accessible.
The idea that we can just throw some gun laws at the problem is crazy because all it’s ever been is a bandaid.
The politics landscape has changed quite a lot. What changed is that gun companies
lobbieslobbied the government and bought a bunch of politicians on both sides of the aisle and they continue to lobby to this day.They also made a big push to convince the general population that guns are necessary for home defense, hunting, personal defense/security, and other recreation. And played up those factors to the part of the population that wants to gravy seal it up.
Further, there’s an increasing lack of bipartisan support for most legislation (not just gun law). A lot has changed.
In order to change an amendment you need to take a couple of steps.
One of these is getting either a 2/3 of states to call for a constitutional convention or for 2/3 of both and Senate to agree to ratify the amendment. So I think if you look at the political landscape of today you can certainly understand why it hasn’t happened.
https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/constitution
This is one of the most factual, and sane, takes I’ve ever seen regarding America and guns. Bravo.
It’s not even the full story. Some of the other commenters are correct in that the gun problem in America isn’t just about the laws or ability to change amendments. It’s also about the American obsession with guns. We have the same obsession with guns recreationally that some war torn nations have with them who actually need them for defense.
The memes about like. Child soldiers in Sierra Leone or Iraq showing off gun stockpiles vs American family photos with 200 guns and 12 people in America isn’t a one off thing. Our society has kind of been poisoned by guns as some kind of weird ideology. This has a lot to do with fear mongering and the gun lobby. But also with all our other systemic problems like poverty, and racism, and class warfare, and lack of universal healthcare and significant failures in even implementing mental healthcare that’s accessible.
The idea that we can just throw some gun laws at the problem is crazy because all it’s ever been is a bandaid.
Thank you. Been saying for years America doesn’t have a gun problem, we have a culture problem.