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Originally Posted by tarcone
It goes back to the culture. I watched that video on Japan. Great video. They were a very violent country at times in their history. But chose to install a different culture.
Same with the European countries. Lots of violence. But they have a different culture.
But they were also countries not built on freedom.
This country was built on freedom. Where you were not going to allow the government "enslave" you. Where your freedom and freedoms were more important than anything else.
As originally written, the 2A was to keep the government from becoming a controlling entity that took freedoms away from its citizens.
This is a freedom vs. security issue. Do we give up freedoms for security? Or not?
Many people believe that when the government is giving the people security by taking away freedoms, the government is infringing on the rights of the people.
This will not be a "it will change in 30 years" thing. This something that will always be debated and will always happen.
Its a terrible thing, but it is what the country is. Freedom is more important than security.
That wont change
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All these other countries have freedom too. In fact, most rank much higher on freedom indices than America. They somehow are capable of being vastly superior to us in this area.