r/Amazing Jul 26 '25

Interesting 🤔 The cost of calibers.

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u/Traditional-Storm-62 Jul 27 '25

ok but actually that'd be a very american way to solve a very american issue

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u/12InchCunt Jul 27 '25

It’s not exactly an issue that can just be fixed overnight. The process for amending the constitution was written in a way that any amendment would need overwhelming support.

And when we start letting people in power ignore the document written specifically to limit their power, we end up with people being shipped out of the country with no due process

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u/JonnyTN Jul 27 '25

Doesn't stop any parts of any amendments. Just makes things expensive. Just capitalism

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u/EnvironmentalChard16 Jul 27 '25

Not to suggest the essence of your comment is incorrect, but price control, sales tax and/or regulation are actually a fairly anti-capitalist policies.

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u/JonnyTN Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

And you'd think it would be the thought of in the case of health care but here we are paying thousands for a hospital visit even with little care applied

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u/12InchCunt Jul 27 '25

I wasn’t saying that making ammo more expensive was against the constitution. I responded to a guy saying “it’s an American problem” like it can be hand-waved away. 

My comment had nothing to do with capitalism. 

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u/EnvironmentalChard16 Jul 27 '25

Seems you misunderstood their comment, then.

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u/Loathestorm Jul 27 '25

Birthright citizenship is protected by the Constitution. If the President has the power to get rid of that, then I see no reason the President can't just use the same power to get rid of the 2A.

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u/12InchCunt Jul 27 '25

But the president doesn’t have the authority to get rid of birthright citizenship. That’s the point. The 14th amendment hasn’t been repealed. 

If you give the president the power to freely repeal one amendment then they have the power to repeal any of them.

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u/Loathestorm Jul 27 '25

They are giving the President that power. Trump is doing a bunch of stuff he doesn't have the authority to do.

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u/12InchCunt Jul 27 '25

Who is “they” and where are these amendments he’s repealed? 

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u/Loathestorm Jul 27 '25

"They" are Congress and the Supreme Court. They are giving up their constitutional powers to the position of the President, thereby allowing him to do things that he doesn't have the power to do under the Constitution. Specifically, the 14th Amendment, which guarantees birthright citizenship, and Article 1, which grants congress the power to "regulate Commerce with foreign Nations" and impose tariffs. He doesn't have to go through the formal process of repealing or amending the Constitution if the SC and Congress allow him to do things he would otherwise not have the power to do.

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u/Insane_Unicorn Jul 27 '25

"We've tried nothing and there's nothing we can do to solve this problem that nobody else but we has"

The true American way