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Originally Posted by mykalberta
I love it when Canadians bash Americans over there right to carry arms. I suggest you read a US History book sometime. They actually had to FIGHT for their independence, they didnt just let some oppressive British regime run them into the ground and then negotiate their peaceful release. There is a reason its a constitutional right. Because the founding fathers in their wisdom knew that everyone who has power, will at some point try to use that power against those not in power. And those not in power need some way to fight back, in the US that is by private citizens owning assault rifles among other things.
Did that person fire his Assault rifle at that rally? Did anyone die at that rally? Did anyone strap C4 to their chest and blow up any protesters? Comparing them to jihadist pricks is sickening.
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And I suggest you look at their murder rates.
What I really love is the supposed sanctity of the US Constitution. I know it's One Nation Under God, but seriously, the founding fathers weren't demi-god prophets, they were humans and as such subject to the limitations of humans - in that they were imperfect and as such could have crafted an imperfect document. Its natural for constitutions to evolve, but Americans today seem to think that theirs is divine, like if it's in the Constitution then it must be right. Well that's wrong!
What makes this all funny though, is that the founding fathers recognized this, and put in a process to add to the constitution (although curiously, none to edit and delete text). And guess what, it's the 2nd amendment... if that doesn't tell you that the US Constitution was intended to be a fluid document then I don't know what will. It's time for the 22nd amendment to repeal the 2nd, just as the 21st repealed the 18th (prohibition).