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In reply to the discussion: So if gun control isn't the answer, what is the answer? [View all]Ollie Garchy
(2 posts)NRA influence in Congress is the reason we do not have a national gun policy. As a result, we can morn for victims, call for justice and and demand national background checks until blue in the face. Congress will debate. The NRA will fear monger and sing the Amendment 2 tune, and then behind closed doors threaten to destroy Congressmen voting against NRA interests. We've seen it.
So, don't worry about screaming for justice or demanding change. Use the Constitution, specifically Article 4 Section 4, which guarantees each state a republican form of government and requires the federal government protect each state from invasion foreign or domestic.
The guarantee of a republican government reserves for the citizens of states the right and responsibility of selecting candidates and voting for the candidate best suited to represent them and their state in the national legislature and, per Electoral College, to cast the states official votes for the President of the United States. Accordingly, any money or propaganda from beyond a states borders which is meant to influence the outcome of an election or legislation constitutes an illegal invasion of the state.
One of the best examples of this money invasion is Red State, an organized to sway local and state elections by injecting money/propaganda for candidates representing their Conservative goals. In a television interview a Red State executives told how with a few thousand dollars two of the four candidates Red State targeted were elected and resulted in a conservative majority controlling the New York state legislature.
An invasion of money can and has been as effective in forming political opinion as has invading armies. These manipulations are violations of Article 4 Section 4 and should be challenged in court or reversed by executive actions. The ultimate argument is which is more important free speech regardless of residency or free elections and sovereignty of states.
Go after the NRA for violating Article 4,Section 4 of the Constitution. It can't hurt. It circumvents Congress in favor of the judiciary and justifies Executive Action.