Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Has the Democratic Party dropped gun control? [View all]OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)So no law not passed by referendum is acceptable to you? This is simply not a reasoned position. 99% of all local, state, and federal laws are not passed by referendum, so to state that this is your personal standard for laws you don't like isn't really a position you can support. Laws making theft a crime, or making it a crime to put adulterated food into commerce, or setting standards for H1-B visas aren't passed by referendum either, so I suppose all those are not democratic either?
Frankly, every city has a right to make its own laws, even ones you don't like. A law passed by a city council does not = a law made by the 1%. That is simply a straw man. Frankly, the 1% includes the gun manufacturers. If they had their way, there'd be an individual mandate to buy guns because it would increase their profits.
If this conversation is now about whether or not you approve of how Chicagoans make laws for themselves, it is not a conversation I am interested in having.