Then you do not understand the heritage of America or the reasons why our government was set up the way it was. A French observer, de Toqueville, said that in America, the notions of Christianity and freedom are "intimately united" and inseparable in the minds of Americans. It has to do with the notion of self-governance (a pillar of our system) which holds that people will govern themselves and restrain themselves from evil based upon their fear of God and relationship with God. No fear of God, no restraint! Just look at out society today - it is plain to see that there is no fear of God - in fact the courts are driving God out of society while gay rights, tolerance, hedonism, in-your-face perversities of every sort are the norm. There are two ways to restrain sinful man (sinfulness of man is another cornerstone of our system) - God or the gun. See the correlation now?