• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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        11 months ago

        Oh, I absolutely get it, what folks outside the US don’t get is the 2nd amendment isn’t going anywhere.

        To repeal it, you first have to get 290 votes in the House, which is largely insurmountable. It took George Santos to get that many Congressmen to agree on something.

        Then you need 67 votes in the Senate, the body that can’t get past 60 to disable a filibuster.

        Assuming, miracle of miracles, that happens, then you need ratification by 38 states.

        Biden only won 25, and of those only 19 have Democratic statehouses. You’d need 19 red states to be on board with giving up guns, assuming you didn’t lose any blue states.

        So, yeah, Good Luck!

    • Nudding@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      You’re right, you guys have the right to shoot yourselves and each other. Carry on.