Tony
Sounds pretty good but I do have a couple of exceptions.
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They would be issued service weapons (revolver, or pistol, and a rifle) and taught how to use them and clean them and would have to qualify with them every year. They would have to carry them at all times and they would have to put them in their personal lockers during sessions of congress for obvious reasons.
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Why would they have to store them during sessions? If they can be trusted with 'em on the street they can be trusted with them in session. Besides, a gun left in its holster is much less likely to go off than one being fiddled with.
Second, the House is
almost set up this way since it's intended to be the 'responsive to the people' branch. Still a big advantage for the incumbents so less turnover than we really need though.
I've heard a number of people say that changing the Senate from 'selected by the State Government' to 'elected by the people' was a big mistake, partly because (with a few notable exceptions) they tend to change parties periodically which tends to cause a change in Senator.
Myself, I think what really ruined our Government was air conditioning. Before central air Washington, D.C. was considered a hazardous duty assignment by foreign delegations. The area's basically a fever swamp which is why the surrounding states were happy to give it up to form the district. Shut off the AC and I'll be they'd be spending a lot less time finding new ways to interfere with us.