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<blockquote data-quote="Roth" data-source="post: 7945698" data-attributes="member: 645820">When the constitution was written, do you think the writers had any idea where technology would take us? Would they really have wanted citizens to potentially own the firepower that is currently available? It was the 1780&#039;s, things were a little bit different. As an advanced society, we have to be able to adapt and change as time progresses, not be stuck into a single ideologue just because that&#039;s the way it&#039;s always been. Should we still have child labor, slavery, no woman&#039;s suffrage, just because that&#039;s how things were when the constitution was written? The founding fathers weren&#039;t god-like beings who knew everything, they were men, with just as many faults as anyone else. It isn&#039;t some sort of holy scripture that can never be questioned.It&#039;s like trying to use the ancient copyright system and apply it to the modern internet age. It just doesn&#039;t work, things have to change and evolve.Just to be clear, I am in no way in favor of a full gun ban. I just think there should be some reasonable limitations on what is and isn&#039;t available for the average person. In my opinion, that means banning fully automatic weapons and any other sort of weaponry that isn&#039;t needed for you to protect your family against intruders, whether that&#039;s a single robber, or a tyrannical government.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Roth, post: 7945698, member: 645820"] When the constitution was written, do you think the writers had any idea where technology would take us? Would they really have wanted citizens to potentially own the firepower that is currently available? It was the 1780's, things were a little bit different. As an advanced society, we have to be able to adapt and change as time progresses, not be stuck into a single ideologue just because that's the way it's always been. Should we still have child labor, slavery, no woman's suffrage, just because that's how things were when the constitution was written? The founding fathers weren't god-like beings who knew everything, they were men, with just as many faults as anyone else. It isn't some sort of holy scripture that can never be questioned. It's like trying to use the ancient copyright system and apply it to the modern internet age. It just doesn't work, things have to change and evolve. Just to be clear, I am in no way in favor of a full gun ban. I just think there should be some reasonable limitations on what is and isn't available for the average person. In my opinion, that means banning fully automatic weapons and any other sort of weaponry that isn't needed for you to protect your family against intruders, whether that's a single robber, or a tyrannical government. [/QUOTE]

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