Reply #100: Not quite.

[beevul]

"save lives and protect public safety, and proposing new laws--that is the job of state and federal elected officials."

First and foremost, the job of state and federal elected officials, is to protect the rights of the people.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed


Then, it is to follow the rules which govern government. Namely the bill of rights.

Only after those things, is saving lives and protecting public safety the job of state and federal elected officials.