Vad jag inte fattar är att amerikanerna inte förstår att det är inte bra för ett land och dess invånare med en sådan fri vapenpolitik.
Är väl politikernas fel också när dem inte vågar införa andra vapenlagar när det är så populärt och därmed förlora väljare..
Annan kultur bara. Det är lika lätt/svårt att driva frågan om att ta bort rätten till vapen i USA som det skulle vara att ta bort allemansrätten i Sverige.
Det finns ju viktiga historiska anledningar till att det ser ut som det gör. Det är bara att titta på dom första 10 så ser man att det är ett land som känt sig förtryckt och efter sin befrielsekamp vill försäkra sig om att något sådant inte sker igen och att den framtida regimen inte skall korrumperas och bli likadan som den de just kastat ut.
Väldigt strongt och framsynt. Jämför med Napoleons frankrike som uppstod efter franska revolutionen t.ex.!
Kom ihåg att nedanstående ratificerades 1791, fascinerande.
First Amendment: addresses the rights of freedom of religion (prohibiting Congress from establishing a religion and protecting the right to free exercise of religion), freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of petition.
Second Amendment: guarantees the right of individuals to possess firearms.
Third Amendment: prohibits the government from using private homes as quarters for soldiers during peacetime without the consent of the owners.
Fourth Amendment: guards against searches, arrests, and seizures of property without a specific warrant or a "probable cause" to believe a crime has been committed. Some rights to privacy have been inferred from this amendment and others by the Supreme Court.
Fifth Amendment: forbids trial for a major crime except after indictment by a grand jury; prohibits double jeopardy (repeated trials), except in certain very limited circumstances; forbids punishment without due process of law; and provides that an accused person may not be compelled to testify against himself (this is also known as "Taking the Fifth" or "Pleading the Fifth"). This is regarded as the "rights of the accused" amendment, otherwise known as the Miranda rights after the Supreme Court case. It also prohibits government from taking private property for public use without "just compensation," the basis of eminent domain in the United States.
Sixth Amendment: guarantees a speedy public trial for criminal offenses. It requires trial by a jury, guarantees the right to legal counsel for the accused, and guarantees that the accused may require witnesses to attend the trial and testify in the presence of the accused. It also guarantees the accused a right to know the charges against him. The Sixth Amendment has several court cases associated with it, including Powell v. Alabama, United States v. Wong Kim Ark, Gideon v. Wainwright, and Crawford v. Washington. In 1966, the Supreme Court ruled that the fifth amendment prohibition on forced self-incrimination and the sixth amendment clause on right to counsel were to be made known to all persons placed under arrest, and these clauses have become known as the Miranda rights.
Seventh Amendment: assures trial by jury in civil cases.
Eighth Amendment: forbids excessive bail or fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.
Ninth Amendment: declares that the listing of individual rights in the Constitution and Bill of Rights is not meant to be comprehensive; and that the other rights not specifically mentioned are retained by the people.
Tenth Amendment: reserves to the states respectively, or to the people, any powers the Constitution did not delegate to the United States, nor prohibit the states from exercising
