The current Electoral College system disenfranchises the minority in most of the individual states. Why should a Republican in California, for example, bother to vote for president, when he knows his vote won't count? If there was a national popular vote, his vote would be worth the same as any other
Wow, not only are you anti-gun but anti-Constitution and anti-Bill of Rights too. Your words speak the truth about you.
if there was a national popular vote ... Surely this was not what was envisaged by the Founding Fathers.
The founding fathers of this great country set up a government where minority groups/states had EQUAL VOICE as majority groups/states.
Electoral College ensures EQUAL VOICE to smallest of the states with smallest population as largest states with largest population and our Senate was set up to give EQUAL VOICE to ALL states large and small.
And instead of the founding fathers choosing a pure Democracy where the will of the majority can be imposed on the minority, the founding fathers chose a Constitutional Republic with Bill of Rights to ensure the will of the majority cannot be imposed on the rights of the minority as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Having just freed themselves from the oppressive British rule, the founding fathers wanted to make sure an oppressive government could not impose on the citizens and we have the First Amendment to speak out against oppressive government and we have the Second Amendment to ensure the First Amendment can be sustained and we have the Third Amendment, and so on.
Our fight for gun rights should be viewed in same light as blacks fighting for freedom, equal treatment and voting rights. Yes, blacks were the minority with the white majority wanting to impose their will on the black minority. Now we have the majority of the population sentiment and oppressive anti-gun/2A law makers wanting to impose their will on minority gun owners' rights. Constitutional Republic, Electoral College, the Senate, Bill of Rights, etc. were all set up to protect the rights of the minority groups like blacks. women, disabled, LGBTQ and yes, even gun owners.
Gun owners' desire to be free to own firearms, enjoy their hobbies and sporting activities, and to share with their families and significant others is the same as what other minority groups desired, fought for AND WON.
Years ago, the gun community could have done a better job of self-policing, so that the kooks could not so easily have gotten guns. It's too late to even discuss that now.
No. No. No.
The anti gun/2A crowd and law makers could stop imposing their will on the minority gun owners' rights.
Since our legislative branch of the government and executive branch of past presidencies have failed to protect and preserve the constitutional rights of the minority gun owners, we now look to the judicial branch of the government to determine the WILL of the antis and anti gun/2A law makers they want to IMPOSE on the RIGHTS of the gun owners to be ruled "unconstitutional" AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN. Just in case you haven't noticed, The SCOTUS has started to rule in favor of gun owners and will be hearing many many gun rights/2A cases in the near future - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...lated-information.849620/page-6#post-11208355
And this is why we need to vote for Trump in 2020 as EVERY Democrat candidate has made it loud and clear that they will push for more gun control laws to work towards confiscation and ban.
I believe Trump will win the 2020 election to benefit rigths of the gun owners (And why the antis and anti gun/2A law makers are foaming at their mouths going ape crazy trying to remove him from presidency as his re-election will ensure more federal court judge and SCOTUS justice appointments).
So here are your words again and mine. Are you sure you are a supporter of gun rights/2A? To me, it sure does not look like it.
Maybe we should consider a national popular vote for president
Heck no. Once again, why are you sounding like anti-gun? Stop supporting the antis!
Popular Vote = Democracy where the WILL of the majority CAN be imposed on the RIGHTS of the minority.
Electoral College = Constitutional Republic where the WILL of the majority CANNOT BE imposed on the RIGHTS of the minority.