Originally posted by: NeoV
I love gun threads....you get the yahoo's that say that our right to have guns enables us to overthrow the government if we wanted to....which is almost as laughable as it is stupid
then you get the ones who say 'guns don't kill people, people kill people...'....blah blah blah
'so then only criminals will have guns? - of course this argument comes from the people who believe the phony NRA stats that 75% of home breakins are prevented by gun-weilding home owners...right...
American's have their head too far up their arses to ever change anything about the moronic gun laws/regulations in this country, and sadly we are proud of that. Likewise, the NRA has it's hands in quite a few pockets of people in power here...again, sad but true.
The constitution was written in the late 1700's - it isn't a viable document anymore, yet we cling to it like flies to sh1t. Does it cover the internet? Does it cover identity theft? Does it address sexual predators?
We need to basically scrap the whole thing and start over - sure, keeping many parts of it - rights to vote, speech, etc. But hiding behind 'it's in the constitution' is weak, but at the same time it's valid since it is there.
Incase you didn't know this, the constitution is ment to protect the rights of the people(Which is why I consider those who want to create an amendment to ban gay marriage extremely misguided, as it goes against what the constitution is ment to do. If people don't like it, create state laws that ban it).
As Helenihi has pointed out. It isn't ment to be a bunch of laws restricting people rights. If anything, it's ment to restrict what the government can do to the people.
Personally, I have a hell of a lot more respect for the U.S constitution than some of the garbage that's being written now a days.
As for scraping whatever laws are in place right now. Sure, go ahead. I wouldn't mind one bit as long as the constitution remains the basis. Though slightly revised. If only to keep the government from screwing people over again once new laws are in place.