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Originally Posted by robert s.
south,
yes the constitution is one of the most valuable documents ever written - but 200 years ago, indians did not count at all and blacks only for 3/5. so, if the constitution was changed in this points (i think we can agree on that!), why not change it on the "regulated militia", which, frankly, nobody needs any more!
and as for death penalty being justice: i just think, killing is wrong! and if somebody comitts acrime, killing this person does not change the situation - it is just wrong! lock them up, throw away the key - but killing is wrong!
about the lying - i know, the UN is not very highly appreciated in the US, but if you read the reports of the UN at that time, they were guaranteing(!), that in Iraq are no WOMD. i am quite sure, rumsfeld, bush, cheney knew this reports.
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The death penalty issue is one I wrestle with myself. I wish it would serve better as a deterrent. For that reason I wish they were more public....more visual. Some people also argue that locking someone up for a lifetime is cruel.
Peoples right to own guns will never cease in America. I love guns and own many. Some are for hunting, some have family history value, and some I just like and collect. What's more, I have the right and means to use deadly force to protect my family from intruders.
As far as organized militias...no, they're not heavily used today, but why would we throw away the right to what we may need in the future?
It's a shame when someone uses a firearm to hurt innocent people. That's not a gun problem; it's a social issue that can be traced back the breakdown of social values. Strangely enough, most of the people that use school shootings and such as an argument to disarm law abiding citizens are the same ones who support the social changes that lead to those very incidents. People with a broken mind don't need guns to express that. Ask any suicide bomber you know.
And you're right about the US view of the U.N. It's an impotent, corrupt farce that would be better dismantled and forgotten. I would be no more willing to bet American lives on their "guarantee" than Bush was.