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All this seem very Byzantine to me (French). Why not adopt laws used in Europe: no guns, except for hunting rifles with permit, cops and a few specifics. Or yo

• thaumaturgy 14y ago
  Not that I necessarily disagree with you, but the problem with this in the U.S. is that we are indoctrinated at an early age with the notion that it was the right to own guns that primarily won us the revolution. i.e., any attempt to limit the ownership of firearms in the U.S. is seen as a direct assault upon the brave minuteman militia that rose up to defeat those red coats in glorious battle in 1776. (That last bit was satire, not serious.)
  • gbog 14y ago
    Then this creation myth should be slowly amended, because it is harmful. There is a similar debate in France about the "impure blood" mentioned in the Marseillaise, should we remove it? If proven harmful, I'd say yes. Our countries are solid enough to allow some adjustment in their necessary creation myths.