The United States Government is composed of checks and balances to ensure that each branch stays within it’s limits and passes laws that would be beneficial for everyone. However, because the government is composed of people it is easily corrupted and bills that should pass on to become laws ultimately die. Not only are there competing parties that have their own agendas, but it is also composed entirely of people, people who are easy to corrupt.
For example, the Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013 died in the Senate during the 113th Congress despite having massive support through the people. According to Barrett, Ted, and Tom Cohen in "Senate Rejects Expanded Gun Background Checks - CNNPolitics.com." polls for individuals that support gun control showed that 90% of the population supported gun control. They quoted Mark Kelly saying that the congress chose to “obey the leaders of the powerful corporate gun lobby, instead of their constituents.”
Pro-gun lobbyist like the National Rifle Association pay millions of dollars to member of the House of Representatives and the Senate to get them to vote in opposition to gun laws, despite the requests from those that they are meant to represent. Exhibit A: Tillis Thorn, a Senator during the lobbying for the Backgrounds Check Act of 2013, received over four million …show more content…
The Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013 required 60 votes that supported the efforts of gun control as outlined by act. Four Republicans voted in favor of the bill. This still would have not have been enough to push the bill forwards as there were 55 Democrats that were too theoretically vote in favor, making a total of 59 out of the 60 required votes. To make matters worse, five democrats switched sides to oppose the bill leaving the total count at 54 votes. This is a very different number from the 90% of Americans who reportedly supported the
For example, the Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013 died in the Senate during the 113th Congress despite having massive support through the people. According to Barrett, Ted, and Tom Cohen in "Senate Rejects Expanded Gun Background Checks - CNNPolitics.com." polls for individuals that support gun control showed that 90% of the population supported gun control. They quoted Mark Kelly saying that the congress chose to “obey the leaders of the powerful corporate gun lobby, instead of their constituents.”
Pro-gun lobbyist like the National Rifle Association pay millions of dollars to member of the House of Representatives and the Senate to get them to vote in opposition to gun laws, despite the requests from those that they are meant to represent. Exhibit A: Tillis Thorn, a Senator during the lobbying for the Backgrounds Check Act of 2013, received over four million …show more content…
The Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013 required 60 votes that supported the efforts of gun control as outlined by act. Four Republicans voted in favor of the bill. This still would have not have been enough to push the bill forwards as there were 55 Democrats that were too theoretically vote in favor, making a total of 59 out of the 60 required votes. To make matters worse, five democrats switched sides to oppose the bill leaving the total count at 54 votes. This is a very different number from the 90% of Americans who reportedly supported the