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Originally Posted by Glice
I don't care what the constitution says, to be honest, but I've heard plenty of Americans yark on about it to the point where what it actually says and what it effectively means seem legions apart.
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exactly, for all intents and purposes, the constitution used to acknowledge Africans as 3/5 a human being (and that was only men, african women weren't human at all, but strictly property)
I have never honored the constitution for shit, I'd sooner wipe my ass with it then respect as it has been and still remains a facade of idealism and a bunch of lies written by a bunch of crooks who only intended to dupe us into allowing the to reign over us in the veiled guise of a supposed democracy..
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It is the guns, but it's the guns in the culture. Like you say, the Swiss don't have a problem, because they're treated like adults. You heavily restrict the guns and America still has massive social disparity problems, but they don't manifest those problems in frequent homicides.
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exactly. the laws and legislation are not the problem, it is the social climate and societal norms and behaviors that support and even demand such legislation. With arizona sb1070, it was not the law itself that is the problem, it is the climate of fervent racism and xenophobia with supports such a proposition in the first place, and even though the feds shut it down, the racism remains virulent and is in fact even more dangerous than before because it has been instigated towards more action..
in america you must change the climate where americans feel they need to have guns for safety and security, when in reality those guns are the very thing which threatens the safety of the people. as long as the people want and believe they have to have guns, then they will continue to have the opportunities to shoot each other over misunderstandings and over-reactions..