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It's more that the groundswell of support for the 2nd amendment, even going to far to stockpile in lieu of any possible changes, should apply equally to other a

It's more that the groundswell of support for the 2nd amendment, even going to far to stockpile in lieu of any possible changes, should apply equally to other amendments. Particularly ones that are as important as the fourth. Sure, there were some protests on Independence Day and I applaud the efforts of those involved, but it seems like regular Americans are largely either unaware or just don't care about it at all.

rayiner 13y ago
America has a deep gun culture, and they have a deep "your home is your castle" culture. That's what the 2nd and the 4th mean to your typical American, and that's what they care about. The extension of that to "your Google Drive is your castle" is too abstract and theoretical. People largely don't care about non-visible impingements on their liberties (and arguably are justified in doing so). It's kind of a "what's the sound of one hand clapping" thing. The 4th amendment is alive and well in America, at least as far as your typical white American voter is concerned. The most egregious violations happen to inner city minorities, who are so segregated from the rest of the population that the mainstream voter has probably never even met a black youth who has been stopped and frisked for no reason. And while you hear about no-knock warrant disasters in white neighborhoods, but it's extremely sporadic, to the point where your typical person probably can't say they know someone personally that it has happened to. And if you don't read the outrage blogs, you probably have never even heard of it. My parents have no idea what a "no-knock" warrant is. It just doesn't happen in their upscale Republican suburb. But gun registration and licensing chaffes everyone. Even your most upstanding, law-abiding white American has to submit to a background check like some sort of criminal, and that makes people mad.

rayiner 13y ago

America has a deep gun culture, and they have a deep "your home is your castle" culture. That's what the 2nd and the 4th mean to your typical American, and that's what they care about. The extension of that to "your Google Drive is your castle" is too abstract and theoretical. People largely don't care about non-visible impingements on their liberties (and arguably are justified in doing so). It's kind of a "what's the sound of one hand clapping" thing. The 4th amendment is alive and well in America, at least as far as your typical white American voter is concerned. The most egregious violations happen to inner city minorities, who are so segregated from the rest of the population that the mainstream voter has probably never even met a black youth who has been stopped and frisked for no reason. And while you hear about no-knock warrant disasters in white neighborhoods, but it's extremely sporadic, to the point where your typical person probably can't say they know someone personally that it has happened to. And if you don't read the outrage blogs, you probably have never even heard of it. My parents have no idea what a "no-knock" warrant is. It just doesn't happen in their upscale Republican suburb. But gun registration and licensing chaffes everyone. Even your most upstanding, law-abiding white American has to submit to a background check like some sort of criminal, and that makes people mad.