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Originally Posted by rkzenrage
I have never understood the "back to the past" mentality of those who don't like guns....
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They use it as a response to the "it's protected by the constitution" arguement by gun advocates. The constitution has changed in many ways to reflect advancements in technology and wisdom. Women are allowed to vote, slavery has been abolished. The constitution was ammended to outlaw alcohol and then changed back to allow alcohol. It can be changed to outlaw handguns. The arguement that it is a right protected by the constitution is only as valid as the arguement for slavery and against a woman's right to vote and our right to drink alcohol was prior to the ammendments that effected those issues.
Listen, I do not support legislation restricting firearms. I would like there to be fewer hand guns. I believe that the world would be a better place without any hand guns. Do you agree?
I wouldn't have as much problem with hand guns if they were the same hand guns that were in existence when the founders wrote the constitution. They made the constitution based on the knoweldge they had
at that time. Had they known the advancements that have been made, they may have framed the right to bear arms somewhat differently.