posted by
takyon
on Saturday June 20 2015, @11:30PM
An Anonymous Coward writes:
"At some point as a country, we have to reckon with what happens. It's not enough to express sympathy. You don't see this kind of murder, on this scale, with this kind of frequency in other advanced countries on earth." - President Obama.
Getting rid of them should be pretty obvious to people who understand facts and data.
Not at all. Not everyone thinks the ends justify the means. I would oppose the NSA's mass surveillance even if it turned out to be effective, for example.
And what about that pesky 2nd amendment?
The only constitutional thing to do is to amend the constitution. But that should be obvious.
And how do we get Congress on board with this?
Congress doesn't actually care about freedom, so if you can make the idea more popular, it shouldn't be too hard.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anal Pumpernickel on Sunday June 21 2015, @01:39AM
Getting rid of them should be pretty obvious to people who understand facts and data.
Not at all. Not everyone thinks the ends justify the means. I would oppose the NSA's mass surveillance even if it turned out to be effective, for example.
And what about that pesky 2nd amendment?
The only constitutional thing to do is to amend the constitution. But that should be obvious.
And how do we get Congress on board with this?
Congress doesn't actually care about freedom, so if you can make the idea more popular, it shouldn't be too hard.