openryan wrote:
Certainly things in this country have changed since those words were first written, thus I feel that certain measures pertaining to many aspects of our county need to grow with the county.
Not totally sure what you mean by this. If I've got it sideways, let me know. I'm thinkingperhaps you mean the Constitution needs tochange to keep up with changes in ourcountry. Please permit me to contribute some ideas.
Human nature hasn't changed in 5000 yrs of recorded history in theWest. The things the Constitution was written to protect againstwere happening long before it was written and are still happening today.
There were someinterestingLTEs recentlyin theWashington Times. They were responding tocalls for aWorld Government. The supporters of a WorldGov't werepitching the benefits; but all overlooked something critical. OneLTE quoted George Washington to the effect that government is not eloquent or rational. Government is force, brute force, and the threat of force. That is how compliance isobtained with whatever policy, uptopian or otherwise--force or threat of force. The critical overlookedpoint by the advocates was that if gov't has the force to compel good policy, it necessarily has the forceto compelbad policy if bad people get control.
Personally, I think the Constitution is rigged to allow continually increasing federalpower at the expense of the states and citizens.Certainly, that is what has beenoccuring since Day One. The Federal checks andbalances aren'tcompletely checking andbalancing, and growth and power increases have been the result.
The government already has far more power than ever intended bythe original ratifyingStates. I recommend against giving them more.
If we want to improve firearms safety, we make it a social cause. If the NRA is to be believed, their gun-safety programshave beenresponsible for dramatic decreases in gun accidents since the turn of the century, or perhaps the 1930's.
