I guess that it might be hard for someone who didn't grow up in the US to understand our way of thinking. At times I find myself looking at news from other countries and think WTF? myself. However that is the way THEY grew up. I just see our rights as just that: rights given to us by our Constitution. Do you honestly think that because we want to own a handgun, that we are fascinated by owning it? Can't you just believe that we CHOOSE to own one, not think we MUST own one. There are many other rights given to us by our Constitution, do you think we shoud just give them up as well? I think it is GREAT that women can vote now, and support them that right...Does that make me "fascinated" with women voting? We have freedom of religion, this causes MANY disagreements amoung the populace...should we just ban religion all-together unless it is Christianity because we are "fascinated" by religion? Police must secure a search warrant to enter our homes, but we have people who commit illegal activities in their home all the time...Should we just ban the 4th Amendment so the police can enter our home any time they want? Hell Charlatan, I can get alot more work done, and done cheaper, by slaves than if I had to pay an employee; lets abolish the 13th Amendment so I can own slaves!
.......Can you see where this is going? Once you start taking away civil liberties, where does it end? We MUST as an individual person, FORM a collective society to police OURSELVES as much as our government. If you look at history where states have actually enacted the Concealed Weapons permit, allowing LICENSED individuals to carry a handgun on their person in certain LEGAL locations, you will find that OVERALL crimes against persons have gone DOWN not up. Most criminals KNOW that in many states, people are allowed to carry, therefore their RISK of attacking someone is greater. This has caused a DECREASE in personal crime. The statistics you find where people are murdered or killed violently are done so by persons who are NOT legally allowed to own a handgun. They are done by criminals. Unless you want to live in a police state, the individual MUST be allowed to protect themself.
Now you might be saying "well lets not take this to extremes here Deltona, that is NOT what I am saying." But JUST as YOU are saying that handguns should be banned, other people are saying that women shouldn't be allowed to vote; that the African-American populace should be deported; that we should allow the police to enter our homes any time they wish. It is true, there ARE people out there like that. It is the job of our Constitution to protect THEM, as well as let us protect ourselves. So where should it end? Why do you think we have Amendments? They are the PEOPLES way of telling the GOVERNMENT how it should be run. Not the Government telling the PEOPLE how they are going to do things.
*puts on flame-retardent suit*....lol
