What does "Has there been any change in you willingness to bear arms on behalf of the United States;?
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They are asking if you are willing to fight for your country.\n\nIf you are not, then you are welcome to relocate.
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Well I will be doing the most American thing I can think of, supporting the Chinese economy and buying $100 dollars of Chinese made fireworks.\n\n\nYou don't have anything to worry about, they will never take our guns away from us.
121780
Pros - it makes us think we are safer\nCons - We wont be safer.  The criminals will still get the weapons illegally and the innocent will not be able to defend themselves.
866310
True, The right to bear arms will get restricted pretty fast if you start pointing a gun at someone who isn't attacking you.  Hmm...guess no one told Bush that when he went into Iraq.
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Hasn't changed one bit. \nThe President only makes war with the approval of Congress. In the President's role as Commander in Chief he would act to protect the country and its interests in times of emergency.\nThis does not give him the authority to ignore the Constitution he takes an oath to defend and protect. Wiretaps still need the judicial branch.\nTechnology in terms of nukes, rockets and airplanes is the biggest change.
533503
It's ridiculous that one country would assume it has the right to tell another country not to produce or have the same weapons it has. I don't understand why any of the people concerned are so stupid: I mean, if anyone ever did decide to deploy nuclear weapons, we'd ALL die...
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Protection of country and we need to support our troops no matter what. I gained respect for them and am very proud of our Troops.  \n\nGod Bless America
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I'm a liberal.\n\nThat said, I think one of the fundamental rights we Americans have is the 2nd amendment.  Though guns are generally associated with so many problems in our society, our right to own them is still important for a few reasons.  First and foremost, it is a freedom.  That itself is reason enought to make it an essential part of our identity.  Too many people are quick to jump to the defense of other rights that our founding fathers thought necessary for us to have, only to back out of this defense when guns are brought up.  We can't cherry pick our amendments to suit our situations because as soon as we give one up, the rest will follow all too quickly.  Every American should cherish every right granted in the constitution as if it were his or her lifeblood.\n\nAnother reason the right to own a firearm is so important is because an armed population can fend off tyranny much better than an unarmed one.  However unlikely it is, Americans can rest assured that if someone had the balls to overthrow the government, that would only be the first step in gaining absolute power here.  I realize that this is a weak argument because it's a hypothetical situation, but as evidence, look to any tyrannical government in history and check to see whether the people were armed [e.g., Iraq, Nazi Germany, Sudan, etc.].  On the flip side of the coin, look at the Swiss Army.  The reason nobody (including their own leadership) messes with them during most wars is because up until the mid 90's every man over the age of 18 was issued a semi-automatic assault rifle and made a member of the standing militia.  When the Swiss are involved in a war, it's because they want to be.
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Generally speaking, yes it has had an impact on the image of the US.  I'm in the USA.  But many people outside the US are quite upset with us over Iraq.   Outside of the Islamic world, not many are too upset with us over Afghanistan-- that was considered justified given the taliban, OBL and 9/11.\n\nAfter 9/11 the US supposedly had much support over being attacked.  Even from some countries one wouldn't expect.\n\nInvading Iraq based on faulty info has been seen as a mistake especially in light of ignoring the UN position on this.  We had broad support in the first Gulf war but not in the second.\n\nI do speak with friends and colleagues from other countries-- generally they're ok US people, but quite upset about our policies around the world.  I've also seen opinions from some that indicate we're too leanient in some cases-- that is, we need to just demolish people who mess with us.\n\nIn one converstation, I was discussing freedom of speech etc. with a foreign student (from Europe).  When I mentioned protests, it surprised him that we protest against our own government.  In his country, most of the protests are against the US and less so against their own goverment.\n\nI think we (the US) are often seen as trying to impose our wishes on everybody else regardless of what they want or think.\n\nOh, I'll echo the comment below me-- many outside the US think "americans" are generally ignorant.  Not agreeing with that but that's the perception.
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Yes it is our duty stated in the 2nd amendment to keep and bear arms to keep our government in check. But unfortunately it's too late. They have become so tyrannical and powerful that we dropped the ball and didn't listen to the founding fathers until it was too late.
447666
Ok..First off, there is no constitutional right to bear arms.  Bottom line, it doesn't exist.  I know you've heard politicians talk over and over about it, but the fact is the federal appellate courts are in near unanimous agreement that the 2nd Amendment does not confer an individual right to bear arms, rather it is a guarantee of a militia...not my argument.. that's waht the courts say - that's what the law is.  One other point to drive this home.  The 2nd Amendment...whatever it means...does not apply to the states.  If the amendment does prevent the federal government from taking away individuals right to bear arms (which as I said earlier it doesn't), it does not apply to the states.  The states are free to ban all weapons of any sort (Washington D.C. does this by the way..).  SO bottom line...there is no constitutional right to bear arms.
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Buna Ziua Andrei!   Love your country!  I am former gunstore owner and at present am safety instructor.  Most states in the USA have some requirement to take familiarization and/or safety course before receiving license to be able to purchase a gun... although there are some more remote states where this is less necessary.  As was posted earlier, the US has written Constitution with Amendments which guarantee the Rights of any citizen to protect themselves from those who wish to do them harm.  I presently work in a city called Lexington, Massachusetts and here there is a great history from when the American revolution started when citizens took their guns and beat down the overbearing British monarchy... hence the legacy of guns in the hands of freedom-loving-people was born here.   The US has a culture of people who truly believe that freedom lies within the peoples' ability to guarantee that the government will never be more powerful than it's citizens.  It may be mostly symbolic, but the guns make it a real part of US custom.  Hope this helps!
894205
No, they fear us NOW and have NO REPECT for us.  With this change in government, they will now RESPECT us and NOT FEAR us.
299668
Where does it say we have a right to tell another country what they can or can not have? \nThe only right we have and should do is tell them what we'll do to them if they use that weapon on us or any of our interests. Then follow though without hesitation or a blink of an eye if they do. Simple as that.
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Well... Even though I think this was just posted by another uber-lib trying to take any crack at the administration that they can....\n\nWe know of at least 2 besides this recent accidental "shooting"... Aaron Burr, VP to Jefferson (The famous duel between Burr and Hamilton)... and Teddy Roosevelt (Not during his time as VP, but during his service time in military units)\n\nhard to get information on many of the older VP's on something like this. But we can probably assume more since the times in the earlier parts of US history had more people carrying around weaponry in places like the west. As well as others who may have served during the American Revolution etc....
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Our forefathers almost didn't sign the Constitution. Do you know why, what they feared most?\n\nThey did not fear Britain or India or China or Spain or the Dutch or all of them put together. They feared that the Federal Gov't, once created by them and the Constitution, would become more powerful than their State. So they split the Federal Gov't into three branches and penned the Constitution to limit their powers. \n\nThere is no question that in order to keep their freedom, the right to bear arms was central to that freedom, because politicians only fear two things: public opinion and guns.
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No, this time the enemy will be able to hit American targets, the government will react by ending indivdual's freedoms and then you won't know what you're fighting for again (so in that respect yes).