with only a couple of necessary exceptions (women's suffrage, freeing the slaves, and civil rights to name three) these documents were about perfect. sure sure we needed to add a couple things, but they were a Very good place to start because they stated that All Men (meaning humans) are created equal before the eyes of the LAW.
as an American, I have the right of self defense and self determination. I cannot be put into prison for past due debts, nor have my property taken from me without due process of the law. I can travel anywhere with in the bounds of the USA without passport or visa, and can move at will, changing jobs as I see fit.
I am free to speak my mind, state my beliefs, discuss any religion, creed, or preference without fear of being locked up. I am free to do as I will as long as I cause no harm to any other person or other persons property.
I can be bisexual, atheist, cross-dress, and collect firearms, and while other people can say whatever the fuck they want about it, they cannot impose their will over mine, nor have the government do it for them.
I get to Vote... fat lot of good it does when 50% of the voting public are too stupid to listen to reason... but I still get to cast my vote.
I can be any gender, sexuality, race, religion or lack of religion, that I wish and while others have the right to say what they will about it... they cannot force me to change if I do not desire it.
I love my country. it is the greatest place on the face of the earth. we have sent men to the moon, and recovered them safely. we've created a global communication system so people can misunderstand each other from around the global instantaneously! we invented the modern cartridge firearm, the automobile, the aircraft, Ninki Minja And John Belushi!
we fought a war with ourselves to that people of different colors would be free and our equals in every way. Blues, Jazz, Heavy Metal, country, gospel, and wtf it is that John Tesh does... we've made heroes out of zeroes, broke mother fuckers out of rich people, and rich people out of broke mother fuckers.
to me, being American means I can be a furry, a gun owner, an atheist, a crossdresser, and a small government libertarian without being on some government hit list, or have my natural rights curbed by some asshat's opinion.
it does mean I have to follow certain rules, and sometimes I chafe at those stupid fucking rules. for instance I've been trying for Moths to get a hold the of the town comptroller to get a fireworks permit.
A FIREWORKS PERMIT? On the fourth of July? WTF!?!? I can go shoot a LOT of guns, but I cannot light off a Fucking Firecracker?!?!
to paraphrase Woodrow Wilson Smith "When a place gets to the point they require PERMITS to shoot off fireworks on your countries birthdate, social collapse is not far away."
The main trouble is not law-abiding citizens or definitions of "politeness", but the wide availability of technology which allows people to kill large numbers of other people in a short amount of time.
It should not be as simple as giving your 21-year-old son a gun and they can go and shoot people they don't like. Nor is it fair to say someone deserves to be shot because they weren't polite to a person with a gun.
Without the wide availability of guns, they will still be personal disputes, crimes and accidents; but they won't result in as many deaths.
The main trouble is not law-abiding citizens or definitions of "politeness", but the wide availabili
"Without the wide availability of guns, they will still be personal disputes, crimes and accidents; but they won't result in as many deaths." BULLSHIT. people would still be killing motherfuckers every and anyway they could. what do you think SWORDS are for? Bows and arrows? sticks, rocks and fists? http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/01/03/fbi...
and here's something to notice... as Civilian Handgun Ownership increases... CRIME Goes Down...Not up. more law abiding citizens with guns, fewer criminals committing crime.
so your opinions are exactly Backwards from reality.
technology doesn't kill. PEOPLE kill. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_rifle more than twice
