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Originally Posted by QuadCityImages
You guys clearly do not understand the importance to Americans of the Bill of Rights. That poll combined with the earlier one showing that only 30% of Americans own guns means that a third of the country are non-gun-owners who support the right of others to own handguns. Its in the Constitution and people take that seriously.
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The same way that people "take the Bible seriously"?
How "serious" anyone is—even a huge sampling of a given population—does not directly indicate their level of understanding of the issues. I don't doubt that Americans all take the Constitution very seriously. But I seriously question how many of them understand it, can correctly contextualize it, and can interpret the spirit of the document in such a manner that accurately reflects its purpose and intent for a fundamentally changed and dramatically different society.