Electile Dysfunction (Current students plz look!)

[G.Irish]

Okay I'm going to be the oddball here, and that's fine. Most likely going with Trump on my ballot. No I'm not a racist, sister loving hick. I'm a firm believer against some things that Hillary is moving towards (i.e. I love my guns). She is insanely corrupt and with the potential for judges on the Supreme Court being up I can't let the chance of people buying their seats, especially if they want to follow her agenda.

The irony is that Trump has actually made it more likely that more restrictive gun laws will get put in place. Merely losing the election to Hillary wouldn't change things very much if Republicans maintain their majority in the Senate and the House. But Trump's negative effect on downballot Republicans means that some vulnerable Republicans could lose their seats because of him, which could cost the GOP the majority in the Senate. In that scenario Hillary can appoint more liberal SC justices and she would have more leverage to pass gun control legislation.

The other thing is that Merrick Garland is a fairly centrist choice for the Supreme Court, that the GOP has thus far blocked. If they block him until Hillary is elected they may end up with a worse choice that they are unable to stop.

I disagree with most prominent democrats on gun control, which is why having a reasonable GOP to maintain balance is so important. Unfortunately things have gotten so off the rails that all kinds of unintended consequences are coming into play.