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That the U.S. Constitution is considered infallible.
Case in point: The Second Amendment.
It's an artifact from days where people expected Britain to come back and take what they at the time thought was theirs. Those days are over, and in order to live more peaceful lives, gun ownership should be not be a right, but a privilege.
People who are a part of organizations like the NRA don't realize that guns and other weapons make it easier to commit crimes, and even if they do, they'd rather have crime skyrocket than fill out some goddamned paperwork.
Yes, the Constitution says it's your right, but maybe the Constitution is wrong and needs to be amended.
To make things worse, people who I argue this almost always think I'm some sort of communist or something, because God forbid that I be "Un-American" and question authority despite the fact that questioning authority is practically the definition of democratically elected government.
It's an artifact from days where people expected Britain to come back and take what they at the time thought was theirs. Those days are over, and in order to live more peaceful lives, gun ownership should be not be a right, but a privilege.
People who are a part of organizations like the NRA don't realize that guns and other weapons make it easier to commit crimes, and even if they do, they'd rather have crime skyrocket than fill out some goddamned paperwork.
Yes, the Constitution says it's your right, but maybe the Constitution is wrong and needs to be amended.
To make things worse, people who I argue this almost always think I'm some sort of communist or something, because God forbid that I be "Un-American" and question authority despite the fact that questioning authority is practically the definition of democratically elected government.
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But you are right. The Constitution was made to be amended and not adhered to completely. It's a very strobg foundation, though.
People without training should not have them, people with mental instabilities should not have them, and people with criminal records should not have them.
I agree completely with this.
^^ So Chicago's handgun ban brought about a reduced crime rate, but the rest of the country (which didn't implement the handgun ban) experienced even more of a reduced crime rate? Heh.
OP has a point, GOP hold that document up like a golden tomb from god himself, anything that isn't in it from them is socialism. I find it entirely ironic that they call 'healthcare' a government takeover. Yet the constitution itself calls for nationalized mail!
Nobody ever complains about USPS. Of course, not, their service is top notch.
They allowed for the amendment of the Constitution because they knew situations might arise in which the spirit of the law came under attack - when something is clearly wrong and would be condemned under similar principles already in the document - that's why the abolition of slavery was a good amendment and the prohibition of alcohol was a bad one.
No, the Constitution isn't infallible, but it's still a pretty good system and I really don't understand why people seem to dislike it.
> It's okay to own firearms IMO, but it should be made so that actually obtaining them should require a thorough background check and psychoanalysis to prevent crazy or stupid people from owning them
Well, there are two groups of people who will want guns but who shouldn't get them:
* crazy people
* criminals
Criminals are going to get them anyway; all you can do with stricter gun laws is to slow down their rate of getting them, and generally leave them somewhat less armed. This problem, however, will not go away, since as long as firearms exist--even if they are completely illegal--criminals will find ways to get them.
You want to work on the crazy people.