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Originally posted by Yorick:
Interpretations of the words change. The words themselves, without a vast majority of people and states, do not change.
Re. Guns, it's not a different topic at all. The constitution is the reason why no American government is able to ban guns. No American government will, while the second Amendment holds.
So yes it is fundamental to the gun debate.
The constitutional stasis is cause death after death after death of the citizens it is meant to protect.
To anyone new reading:
Heresy? Am I offending you?
How Holy are you regarding words made by politicians and soldiers of the past?
If you're offended my case gains further proof. 
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Yorick, the constitutional stasis is not the cause of death, evil in the hearts of man causes man to take the life of another. If guns caused death then countries where private gun ownership is baned should have no deaths (murders)
As for the words of the Constitution I'm a super strict constructionalist.
ie: the 1st amendment "Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion". Not seperation of Church and State. That has come about by Supreme Court decesions, totaly ignoring the unquieness of the 1st amendment. Unlike the other amendments that make up the bill of rights, the 1st amend. is the only one that specificaly mentions a branch of the government. All of the rest of the amend. make a statement about what is a right of the people without any qualifers about a specific branch of the government.
Personaly, I think we should all carry side arms all the time, for the first couple of weeks the would be a lot of killing, but after the A-holes had killed each other off things would go a lot more smoothly. People would be a heck of alot more polite to each other, more manners, the last thing you would want to do is lose your temper with someone that is packing.
