[toadthesecond]

Take for instance the right to keep and bear arms....which for the British has been all but completely eliminated.

To be honest, the vast majority of the British population don't care. In my own case, in my 45 years as a resident of the UK I have met one person who has shown the slightest interest in firearms.

[celebrate88]

The Brits maybe wealthier due to the "exchange rate" but they are not happier. Here in central Florida just in my area 25% of the population are Brits who moved here to become "American". They come to Central Florida buy a house, buy a business from an American, hire only Americans and then send their children to universities in America. They move here because of the American Dream of owning property and developing a business. They state it is impossible to do this in the UK and with the exchange rate the pound makes it possible to escape. Somedays it is odd to come home and see teens playing cricket instead of flag football at the park. The negative has been the inflation of real estate prices in our area because they know the Brits will buy it because to them everything is half off. If the pound crashes then the real estate in Florida will also drop.

[UltraKonservativen]

in my 45 years as a resident of the UK I have met one person who has shown the slightest interest in firearms....

The issue with the second amendment of the Constitution is not wether you want to own a fireman BUT THAT YOUR RIGHT TO DO SO CANNOT, MUST NOT BE IMPEDED. Not all supporters of the right to bear arms own guns.
The day may come (consider the ever growing islamofacist threat in various European countries including Britain) when having a firearm might save your life. On that particular day you will show "an interest in firearms."
It is hard to believe that a "benevolent Government" could turn evil but history clearly shows it has happened many times before.

It may sound a bit corny or simplistic but "The second amendment is the reset button on the Constitution".

[Jim Noble]

In my own case, in my 45 years as a resident of the UK I have met one person who has shown the slightest interest in firearms.

You will meet the second someday.

At the worst possible time, in the worst possible way.

[Godebert]

"To be honest, the vast majority of the British population don't care. In my own case, in my 45 years as a resident of the UK I have met one person who has shown the slightest interest in firearms."

That's what I don't get. How can any red-blooded free man not be interested in firearms?

Where I'm from....if you have no interest in firearms you are a liberal or just flat-out weird.