"In an ideal world, there would be no need for weapons of self defense because "just everybody would get along so well!" But we do not live in an ideal world and to insist that we live as though we do is delusional. It's worse that delusional. It's suicidal."
This statement alone illustrates the gap between the USA and the civilised world. Your society, which celebrates and glorifies violence, has gone so far down the road of machismo posturing and self-doubt it's citizens are compelled to arm themselves with weapons manufactured to kill people as they have become so scared when stepping outside the front door. It's a real shame you insist in exporting this culture of lunacy across the world.


"What is twisted if this was the founding fathers' point of view also?"
Nice to see progress has been made since then eh? Several of the founding fathers also thought slavery was good so will we be seeing that making a comeback anytime soon?

"were they better educated in the late 1700's than we of today"
Irony?

"There is a wait period and that time is supposed to be used for a background check to determine if you are mentally stable . . ."
How in the name of God do you define mentally stable if you think it's OK to run a round with a gun in your handbag? Jesus, the posts on this page are a fascinating insight into the results of allowing guns to flood a society. Certainly puts the likes of Bush into context.