“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” – Second Amendment to the Constitution. 1787 was when that was written. A group of men who had struggled to rip free a country from the grips of another. They did so on the backs of militia’s, being that they did not have a standing army. The right to own guns is so ingrained in the minds of the people of this country that we willingly let children die. That may seem harsh. Of course, no one wants children to die. But what other conclusions can you come to when a deranged individual shoots 19 children with a legally obtained firearm. We could have prevented this. Easily. We chose not to. We chose to let those children die. Make no mistake. It wasn’t even a hard choice. “The problem is these people need a good old fashion butt woopin.” – Countless facebook users. Could you imagine if a house was
There are those of us in this country that want true change. A break in the system. Hell, an entirely new system. It was this thinking that elected President Obama, arguably one of the best Presidents our country has ever had. It also gave us Donald Trump. The worst President by a wide margin. Anytime Americans see change on the ballot, they go for it. We can all agree that we are tired of politics, tired of the games and tired of the political roadblocks by each side of the isle. The thing is, there is one thing that is keeping true change from happening and most Americans don’t even realize it’s a thing. I’m talking about Gerrymandering. The way we shape congressional districts is so skewed to one side that if you are not a Republican, it is next to impossible to win elections. Now I know that the other side is guilty of it too. But like most things, no one does quite like the Republicans do. What is Gerrymandering you may be asking. Let m