Recently, the Senate passed a bill that will allow DC to gain a full voting representative in the House of Representatives if the district eased up on its gun laws.
If you see a strong correlation between voting and gun laws or why having a voting representative should allow for looser gun control laws, please explain it to me. Otherwise, i really feel that this represents an irresponsible act by a Senate that has been pressured by the NRA. There is no good reason why a law should be traded in just to allow DC to gain a voting representative.
All this just serves to highlight to me just how inefficient policy making can be in the lobbying process; especially in cases where not every party, community or lobby in the game has the same muscle power.
as heard in the office, not entirely accurate but you get the idea:
P: i don't get the laws here. If someone breaks into my house, and i try to stop him and end up breaking his arm, i'll get sued
L: yeah but if you shoot him, you're fine.
P: (jokingly) yeah that's why i can't wait to get a gun
how skewed incentives have become!
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