Do Americans take their rights for granted?

[BlindBoo]

Funny how you people talk of rights yet you want to take away the right to carry arms for self defense.

People think stop and frisk is a good idea or warrant-less wire taps or SWAT team infiltration over a fucking joint or unpasteurized milk.

People who speak out against these things are called anti-government or paranoid or "extremists"

The problem isn't people taking rights for granted it's the slow erosion of those rights. Pretty soon we will be like other countries where a simple statement that the powers that be find offensive will get you thrown in jail.

I don't think they want to take away the right to carry arms for self defense. They want to stop people from carrying arms to massacre innocent citizens in schools, theaters, and well, everywhere. Surely there is a way to have a civil discussion about how we can best accomplish both objectives instead of the going to the extremes?

Stop and frisk can be a good thing if there is reasonable suspicion. Taken to extremes like in NYC, I think it was more like a shake down. But that was the same city that tried to ban large soda cups too.