The motion, put forward by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, would have reauthorized the Assault Weapons Ban, which first passed in 1994 and expired 10 years later. The US has recorded the highest number of mass shootings for the second year in a row.
you ever notice that when a vote is 49-51 conservatives win whether they’re the 49 or the 51? Or how if it looks like they’re gonna lose the vote by a large enough margin to actually lose that they can just prevent a vote from happening at all? You ever wonder how the government dare call itself “representative” and then ignore something that 92% of us want?
The Constitution was designed to make change difficult because the founders feared a strong government. It’s unfortunately a design feature. It’s why it’s harder to actually address a problem instead of preserving the status quo.