A British View Of Obama's Gun Control Problem--Rightwing Rural States Hold Nation Hostage [Picture]

This is a British view of Obama’s problem with gun control in the USA: 

Congress doesn’t have to represent the views of the majority of Americans, at least as expressed in opinion surveys. It represents the views of Americans who go at the polls on Election Day and the simple majorities in the voting districts in which they cast their ballots.

A mid-July survey by the Pew Research Center seems to support his claim. Almost 80% of respondents backed laws preventing the mentally ill from purchasing firearms, and 70% were in favour of a national gun-sale database.

So the public support it, why doesn’t it happen?

Those numbers don’t really mean much, however. What does matter is the opinion of members of the US Congress – and that legislative body is overwhelmingly against further gun regulation.

This disposition of Congress is a reflection of the disproportionate power of less-populated states in the Senate, the conservative-leaning composition of the current House congressional map and a Republican primary process that makes officeholders more sensitive to vehemently pro-gun-rights voters within their party. source