When government can't pass something that 90% of the population are for, even with a majority of votes, then the system is broken.

We're not talking about getting rid of guns. We're talking about responsible gun ownership. That's all we're asking for. And if you want to be a responsible gun owner, what's wrong with getting checked out before you buy one?

Oh, that's right, nothing, because 90% of the country has no problem with it. So why can our elected officials not vote, for once, what the majority of the country wants? We don't have "government of the people, by the people" any more. They aren't us, when their salary is $174k. This is four times the median US income. They aren't us, when we don't get to write legislation that will benefit us. They aren't us, when they get a pension (after completing six years "service(!)". They aren't us, when they don't have to worry about health care costs ever again. They aren't us, when they have people giving them money for job applications (which is all running for office is).

I can't write legislation specifying every stop light heading west-east in Las Vegas will be green between 230-3pm every day. I pay in to a pension every paycheck, with no guarantee it won't disappear between now and my retirement. I can't just go out and get another job without having to worry about medical coverage. And I'm damned sure no one's ever given me money to try to get a job.

But looking at the phrase "government of the people by the people," I'm realizing it is true. There's just two different people being talked about. We are being governed. We're being legislated about as hard as we can be, from being limited to the medical procedures that are available to us, to the crap we're allowed to put in our bodies Monsanto good, Marijuana bad!) so we are being governed. We're just not being governed by ourselves.

We're being governed by the other sort of people. We're being governed by entities that, since one of the most disgusting pieces of legal bullshit ever, are now technically people. It's the companies, the corporations, the special interests, that are governing us now. Those are the people in the "by the people." They're the ones who are allowed to pump shit into our bodies. They are the ones who have vast funds to poison the political discourse with lies and bullshit, and guide our 'elected' officials through the legislative farce we have these days.

Because, when 90% of the country is for something, and the vote is lost, then government is lost. It's lost it's way, and it's not by us any more. We aren't included. We don't have much of a say in how the country is being run. Because with all the money needed to apply for the job-- sorry, I mean run for office-- there's not much of a chance that you or I can do anything about it.