That's right that we have the right to bear arms, our founding fathers awarded us this right in 1776. We can even carry a gun and it's legal as long as you go through the training. It's sad when other countries try to judge us for what we do and they can not even take their own advice. Lets look at they way people in the middle east cut of the heads of people, record it and plaster it on the internet. People love the US and everyone wants to come to our country to get educated and live, well you take the good with the bad!!!
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by lax on Apr 18, 2007 04:00 AM Permalink
You the ordinary citizens of US, dont even realise that your Govt is more concerned about the few millionaries/billionaires who control the arms industry, than about you. So..so many innocent ppl have been killed.. just few mths ago, a guy barged into a school & killed little girls. There were 2 such incidents. Statistics clearly show that, many-many innocent ppl have been killed coz of this stupid policy of yours, than would have been protected by it. Dont you realise that, you, the Americans are being killed by your own govt, coz it doesnt want a few industrialists to lose their business. How stupid can you be...
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by Raju Puducode on Apr 18, 2007 04:12 AM Permalink
You should realize that the military-industrial complex(Pres Eisenhower's words)still runs the country of US. Bush, Cheney & company are in the pockets of major Oil cos, Halliburton, Raytheon, Northrup Grumman etc & they decide the foreign policy of the country since even senators are in their pockets. That is why US is at peace only when there is some war is going on in the world.
Stop jumping to conclusions. There are still people in the 'Third World' with enough moral fibre to refuse to move to a country that has sponsored the genocide of millions of people around the world ever since the Monroe Doctrine of 1823.
RE:Minal Pancha
by Jagadeesan R on Apr 18, 2007 02:55 AM Permalink
Are you sure the US must be comparing itself to the Middle-East ? A country that considers itself among the best the in self-image should be aspiring for a lot more.
I agree that you take the good with the bad, but the US is one of the few civilized countries that still talks of gun rights for individuals. Really there is a lot of room for improvement and change with regard to people's attitudes towards gun ownership.
Also it is absurd to say that rights granted in 1776 will always make sense in 2007. If thats the case, then India should be very happy that all kinds of obsolete crappy legislation put in place by the british in 1870 and 1840 (Telegraph act, I think )that are still in place today...Society needs to move with the times.
RE:Minal Pancha
by IndianTeam on Apr 18, 2007 04:10 AM Permalink
It should not be considered as that other countries are advising. We the people (any country) will be grow up by the experience gained (himself) by other people. Some of the wise decisions are to be considered for the betterment of growing society. It is really concern that arms possing should be considerd seriously.
