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Originally posted by Yorick:
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Originally posted by ElricMorlockin:
So tell me Yorick which of these is "heinous" outdated etc. No Slavery? Being given the right to vote? How about free speech or freeom of religion?
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The enshrined right of the population of the most powerful Empire ever to carry weapons so powerful that a child can wipe out scores of people in a few seconds. [/QUOTE]So, you dislike one Amendment of the Bill of Rights and you want to redo the whole of our governmental foundation? You gotta do better than that. There needs be more objectionable, lest you sound like someone advocating using a sledge hammer to swat a fly.
Plus, if you want to toss the underlying lynchpin of government into the cesspool that is the 600+ idiots running the legislature and the warhawks running the administration, you may VERY WELL end up much worse that you started. Not only on every other conceivable issue, but also on the very issue - guns - you so detest.
It is not unlikely that you will end up with a newly-enshrined right for citizens to own guns, so long as they have $2500 for the permits and aren't of Muslim descent.
Tossing these decision out into the ether of public opinion, lawyer-esse, and other concerns needed for 2/3 or majority approval in this country will not likely get you the "Constitution According to Yorick" you so desire.
Again, here is my real-world, tangible, less-bonghits-for-all suggestion to you and all who feel like you do:
1. Click Start --> Shutdown --> Shutdown
2. Get up and stretch your legs a bit. Go for a walk...
3. To your local political party (of your choosing) headquarters, the mayor's office, or the city council's office.
4. Take a notebook and record upcoming meetings of city governance that interest you.
5. Go and PARTICIPATE. There usually is a time at the beginning of each local government meeting when "the people" can rise and speak their peace to those who govern them.
6. If you want to participate nationally, get a copy of the Federal Register everyday, wherein all "Notice and Comment" periods for any new proposed regulations MUST BE listed. Find the issues you like, and write in your comments. Some bureauon actually does read these things.