JMac Wrote:
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> I've never fully understood why there is such a
> cultural affinity for guns in this country (US)
> that in many quarters reaches such a feverish zeal
> that it's almost equated with basic human
> freedoms. Talk about a cultural wrong turn. And
> the statistics for gun violence, which are
> exponentially higher than anywhere else in the
> developed world, say all you need to know.
>
>
> Sure, it may be enshrined in the Constitution, but
> that was written during a time of war when
> redcoats could barge into your home and what have
> you. And regardless, it puzzles me that the
> ammendment could be interpreted to include the
> kind of weaponry that should clearly be
> monopolized by military forces and the police.
>
> Common sense.


It's always the fault of the fucking imperial Brits.