[Badray]

In your willingness to overlook this extension of power by the feds, you neglect to consider the absolute antipathy that the government has (and so many Americans have) for our 2nd Amendment rights. Recovering lost ground may not be as easy (or impossible) when we are disarmed in the name of safety.

I haven't read the act yet either. I'm not saying that it is all bad and many of my concerns have been allayed. But we should still be cautious. There is too much at stake.

I despise the cynical PATRIOT name itself and I mistrust most things that the government does with such speed as this was pushed through Congress.

All the terrorists can do is kill us. There are fates worse than death.

[Fred Mertz]

Thanks for the breath of fresh air, Badray.

[Prime Choice]

In your willingness to overlook this extension of power by the feds, you neglect to consider the absolute antipathy that the government has (and so many Americans have) for our 2nd Amendment rights. Recovering lost ground may not be as easy (or impossible) when we are disarmed in the name of safety.

Thanks, Badray. That's precisely what I've been saying all along.

I can point to several concrete infringements that the "Assault Weapons Ban" has had on my Second Amendment Rights. Can anyone who's bellyaching about the Patriot Act point to any such concrete examples of how their rights have been infringed by PATRIOT?

I doubt it.

[jmc813]

In your willingness to overlook this extension of power by the feds, you neglect to consider the absolute antipathy that the government has (and so many Americans have) for our 2nd Amendment rights.

Very few of the FR PATRIOT Act cheerleaders believe in a literal view of the 2nd Amendment.