--serious part--
You didn't answer the serious part of the post - how do you incarcerate
people who (a) have never committed a crime (b) are not considered so
mentally unstable that they require they be committed to a mental
facility? Where do you draw the line between common anti-social
behavior and dangerous anti-social behavior. Cho is actually the poster
child for this problem - he could be lucid and reasonable when
confronted, leading to a evaluation suggesting mild to moderate
depression. My mother-in-law meets that categorization, and she's a
wonderful person who volunteers in the public school system - should she
be permanently incarcerated based on her depressive stages?
I guess my point is that you can't lock people away because they "might"
be a danger - it is more core to this country than the entire weapons
debate.
--/serious part--
As for the nukes - it's the only way to truly resist your government.
What, pray tell, is the second amendment for if not to protect the
citizenry from an oppressive regime? That IS why it was put in there.
Why limit firearms to the 18th century, when the government is clearly
in the 21st. I'm being facetious, of course, but it's the only logical
way to address the argument that the 2nd amendment guarantees
individuals to own firearms as protections from oppression, as we
currently have "well-regulated" militias in every state, and nobody
brings their own guns to national guard training (at least, not as
serious weapons). For what it's worth, I think firearms are fun, and
would not like to see them outlawed. I also play with explosives (and
have blown myself up rather severely in the past). Still fun. I'm going
with "pursuit of happiness" as the basis for those, though - a part of
the constitution that the CPSC doesn't understand.
Jordan
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