guns

Originally posted by Ty's Si
I didn't bother reading any of the posts after the initial question, but my response would be that, intuitively, people in America sense that their basic rights are being incrementally taken away, or infringed upon, over the course of time.

Year after year, the legislative branch (whether at the local, state or national level) creates and implements new laws under the guise of "protecting" people from others. The problem is that these laws spill over into the grey areas of indvidual rights.

The second ammendment is about as cut and dried as you can get in regard to personal freedoms, and personally, I feel that people are latching onto it as a last resort as their rights are gradually being eliminated.

Call it a moral victory, if you will. Once people lose the right to bear arms, the U.S. becomes a dictatorship, no better than those that existed before our time.

Some people simply see beyond the here and now.

And then in waltz Bush and his little posse of folks such as Ashcroft and ram through the Patriot Act and other things....joy.

Cashizslick: There's an extra 'e' in spoogenet.

For the record, I don't want handguns banned but I've already stated why I think it's a bad idea many times over. I'll spell it out one last time just for fun.....if you ban handguns, they won't be off the streets.....so what's the point of banning them in the first place? Ooh, ooh, I know the answer.....there isn't one!

If we could guarnatee that no handguns were in the US, period, then I think we'd all be safer. That is, of course, assuming the government doesn't do anything stupid.....but bear in mind that the people could theoretically elect Congressmen/women who would reverse the laws that are chipping away at your personal freedoms.......but that's an entirely different subject.

And one last thing, don't acuse me of being a Texan.

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