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Originally Posted by SebC
The fanatical devotion some Americans have to their constitution actually kind of bugs me. The founding fathers were just people. They were not infallible. Neither is the constitution. It's just a law that governs other laws. So the constitution says you have the right to bear arms. So what?! If it doesn't make sense anymore, if it's giving you a murder rate much higher than similar countries, change it. Just because something's in the constitution doesn't make it right.
(FWIW, I don't think the Canadian constitution is perfect either. Far from it.)
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I understand, but you're not dumb & either are most (key word most) of these Tea Party Constitution lovers. They know their history, once someone breaks the law in the constitution then when will it stop? Doing that has brought down empires; these people are scared the same things will happen here.
But if you get busted speeding tomorrow are you going to complain that the law isn't right? You might, but that doesn't change the fact that it's the law. The law is the law and shouldn't be "I will follow the rules that I like" law.
the right to bear arms is blown way out of proportion, go ahead and ban guns, the only people that will have them will be outlaws. Take the guns out of perfect law abiding citizens like myself and the thugs and gangsters will still have them since they were breaking the law in the first place.
Our police force in this country are full of a bunch of Chicken Sh*ts, they are scared to really crack down and do what is right, Most kids my age (25) had parents that either fought in Vietnam or were protesting it. Kids my age grew up basically never having to do something tough that they never wanted to do, but to do it because it just needs to be done. So that theory (just a thought) shows that people like our police are scared to go after these gangsters because it's going to be tough.
Gun violence isn't going to change if they outlaw guns, these gangs are still killing people now with illegal weapons now, so what's going to change if you outlaw weapons?
American Culture is just that much different than those countries that have gun control.
this is just an opinion, I'm getting pretty dang tired and need to go to bed, so it really sounded good at the moment.