>>43
1.) If I continue to have to refer to issues like this within it, I may take a look at it - I do agree, I am at a bit of a disadvantage when it comes to people quoting it. But, I cannot see that most Americans know it by heart as well. And I do agree, it is some piece of work!
2.) If I know correctly, drugs are more of a state thing - And yes they are out of wack even if they're a Federal responsbility. However they're more of a cultural shift that will go through soon no matter what. (When the majority of the population is using them in some way or another - There will be change).
As for changing it and seeing the gun control come as a consequence of that change, I don't think it would. While drugs are involved in a large amount of violence, they're just a bit of it - Gun violence will remain steady even if the drug aspect is removed.
3.) Yes, the Constitution should be respected, but as I said - It was made back in the 18th century and it just isn't prepared for our modern life and it needs to be wrote so that it does. Don't have 'the oldest legal constituion' hold you back from recreating it to fit your world more perfectly, it just wouldn' tbe fair to everyone in the nation if you did.
I would point out such lacking items as a Human Rights section/clause in your constitution as a big part of your problems right now, in it it just doesn't layout exactly what peoples modern rights are.
To close, I do put extensive faith in the government, in a democracy it is elected, it is watched, the people are involved and the officials and staff cannot 'get away' with much. There may be corruption, but since government works in a huge scale, peer checking should make it all work out.
>>44
Oh, there is problems with the Canadian medical care, I'll be the first to admit - But at least we have it, and we don't have to go into debt to use it. Once you get in however, our medical care is spot on and at the top - I Don't know why you think it isn't. And yet again, we go to Cuba a huge majority more than to America.
>>You can't really prove this since no one reports crimes/murders that don't happen.
You can, look at the average age, look at the happiness, look at the productivity - It'll show there in its increase from the lack of people brutally murdering.
A lot of shootings happen by inexperienced people, or people that really aren't professional criminals, but in the head of the moment killed/hurt someone. Remove the easiest way and it starts getting gorey and bloody and a lot of people will sober up at that thought of having to bash in someones brains all over the floor.