[quote=Jazzman] Democracy came alive with Obamacare. I’m not clear what you mean by “purely a democracy”, but if left to my interpretation I take it to mean powerful lobbyist are fundamental to American democracy. Indeed they are!
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Pure democracy is often refereed to as a system where 2 wolves and a sheep vote on which one is for dinner. Pure democracy doesn’t protect minority rights. It lets the majority decide without any checks or balances. I.e. The ban on same sex marriage in CA wouldn’t have been able to be constitutionally challenged.
Suppose for a moment the the majority opinion on gun control is to put a massive tax on guns. Make them too expensive for the common man and basically have the effect of banning them. That type of law would be challenged to the supreme court on the basis that it violates the second amendment. In this case the minority who believes in the ability to own guns might win because that right is protected by the 2nd amendment of the constitution.
You say this isn’t about the 2nd amendment yet make proposals about laws that attempt to further restrict gun ownership through various means. Hoping to find a clever way of greatly restricting gun ownership without violating the principals of the 2nd amendment.
