After the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting and the Boston Marathon bombing, the government, especially Congress has been considering tightening laws in regards to obtaining weapons. The picture above satires the government. This picture was most likely taken from a Republicans point of view because of its desire for a more hands off government. Because of recent massacres, the government has been considering to write new laws that some may even consider absurd, especially tedious background checks for weapons and other items that have the potential of causing a volatile event in society.
This picture exhibits Congress’s main power, the power of litigation. The only way for Congress to implement background checks for weapons, in this case a pressure cooker, is amend certain gun control laws. In a way it may be considered legislative oversight because Congress is reexamining current laws and trying to find holes in them which congress can patch. The likely hoods absurdity of such laws being passed are not as high considering that the legislative body is bipartisan. Such laws may not even pass the House considering that it is a majority of Republicans. Republicans are more government hands off. If it does pass the House, it is inevitable that it will pass the Senate and the President because both are of the Democratic parties who already believe in a tighter gun control law. If the law does pass, there is little the court can do as a check and balance on the Legislative system. As long as the screening process does not violate reasonable privacy, it stays constitutional. The court cant exactly declare judicial review on a law just because it protects citizens. The law ultimately would not be infringing on 2nd amendment rights. (Bardes, 2009)
Bardes, Barbara A., Mack C. Shelley, and Steffen W. Schmidt. American government and politics today: the essentials. 2009-2010 ed. Boston, MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2010. Print.
Chappatte, Patrick. “After Boston.”PoliticalCartoons.com Homepage. N.p., 24 Apr. 2013. Web. 2 May 2013. <http://www.politicalcartoons.com/cartoon/1de00c6d-59ed-4454-b874-3cb47e6d9102.html>.
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