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You’re so close to getting it.

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Oh, I absolutely get it, what folks outside the US don’t get is the 2nd amendment isn’t going anywhere.

To repeal it, you first have to get 290 votes in the House, which is largely insurmountable. It took George Santos to get that many Congressmen to agree on something.

Then you need 67 votes in the Senate, the body that can’t get past 60 to disable a filibuster.

Assuming, miracle of miracles, that happens, then you need ratification by 38 states.

Biden only won 25, and of those only 19 have Democratic statehouses. You’d need 19 red states to be on board with giving up guns, assuming you didn’t lose any blue states.

So, yeah, Good Luck!

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You’ve looped back around to not getting it. Biden isn’t trying to get rid of the second ammendment but keep being scared of your own shadow.

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Biden can’t get rid of the 2nd amendment, he doesn’t have that ability. In fact, nowhere is the Executive involved in the process, it’s ALL in the legislative branch, first at the federal level, and then at the state level.

He can call for it all he wants, but that’s not going to get him 290 votes in the House, 67 votes in the Senate, and ratification by 38 states.

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So, yeah, Good Luck!

My advice to the kids in tomorrow’s mass shooting I guess 🤷

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They should at least understand the barriers and work towards a solution that isn’t “well, ban guns.” Because that won’t happen.

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