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“Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them; for while avarice and ambition have a place in the heart of man, the weak will become a prey to the strong. -Thomas Paine

“Let me make a short blanket comment. There are no good guns. There are no bad guns. Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody except bad people. -former NRA president Charlton Heston

“Any politico who’s afraid of his constituents being armed, should be. Leaders of the anti-gun movement (for the most part, politicians who enthusiastically advocate confiscatory taxation and government control of everything) realize that a populace is much easier to herd, loot — and dispose of — if it has been stripped of its weapons. The naked fraud and transparent fascism of victim disarmament must be eradicated through the repeal of all gun laws at every level of government.” -L. Neil Smith

“Be not afraid of any man no matter what his size; when danger threatens, call on me, and I will equalize. -Legend on a Colt revolver

If amendments and/or conventions are to happen, they will be a long time coming. Does the “process (you) call Politics 4C” lay out an approach? Would you please elaborate on Politics 4C? .

As a feminist, I studied the suffragists and their campaign methodology for getting the women’s vote. They realized to talk about serious change, you had to talk about an amendment to the Constitution. In our current situation, there are several serious changes that have to be made.

I would propose initially the same strategy, Constitutional amendments; initially two new amendments – the 28th to take the money out of politics and the 29th to amend the process for calling a Constitutional convention.

The 29th amendment would state that when a Constitutional convention is called for by 2/3 of the states, in addition to the two delegates from each state (100), a delegate based on population would be added to also number 100 … that would mean one delegate per 300,000 people. The population districts would have to cross state lines and be drawn by an independent committee.

The constitutional convention delegates numbering 200 would then draw up the proposed amendment(s), limited to 15, which in turn would be submitted to the nation’s voters as a national referendum. However ( in honor of Bill of Rights), only 10 of the 15 could be approved although all 15 would be submitted for the referendum. The 10 amendments would be the 10 that had the largest vote, with 55% minimum approval required. These 10 amendments would then be submitted to the state legislatures as a package to be voted on up or down within a year under the traditional process before they could become part of the Constitution.
The importance of the 15 is to provide for a wide representation of political views for all of left, center, and right. My suggestions for some of these amendments would be 1) abolishing the electoral college; providing for a popular vote with a runoff election should a candidate receive less than 50% of the vote; 2) privacy; 3) apology amendment for slavery, treatment of Native Americans, etc; 4) Redefine “personhood” in the Constitution to exclude corporations and prohibit discrimination due to gender, race, sexual orientation, etc; 5) Establish term limits (19 years) for Supreme Court Judges so that a new justice is added every two years; 6) amendment of immigration policy, for example requiring Congress to review and pass an immigration law every 10 years.

There is a process I call Politics 4C that I would suggest for implementing such a plan that operates outside the box of party politics. Could you advise any websites that would be interested in such a posting?