The Patriot Act is not trashing the constitution, it is preserving it. Tommy Franks himself said the United State Constitution would not survive a nuclear terrorist attack. People of your ilk make that attack MORE likely and thus are the real enemies of the constitution.
For such a newbie, you sure are opinionated. Or is insufferable more the word I want?
In any case, your assertion that proper enforcement of 2A would not have prevented terrorist attacks is laughable on the face of it, as had even ONE passenger on the 9-11 flights been armed, we would not even be having this discussion. Nor would we have the misnamed Department of Homeland Security (Silly me, I believed all the years I was in the Marine Corps that WE were providing Homeland security) or the malevolent boil on the seat of air travellers, the TSA. And your claim that the so-called "USA-PATRIOT" act is preserving the Constitution is so assinine as to be beyond belief. It is akin to the oft-stated claim made in Vietnam that "we had to destroy the village in order to save it." But I would bet that you won't even notice the irony of that. And Tommy Franks, being a political general, would be expected to say things such as you quoted. However, that does NOT make them so. It is my considered opinion that you are no more than a troll and that your "posts" would be more at home down the hall at tyrantsRus.com or some such place. Bear in mind the old saying about those who, in the name of some illusory government-provided "safety," would trade essential liberty, thus deserving neither... and may your chains rest lightly and may we soon forget that you were once called our countryman. I also call to your attention that I took an oath, several times over, to protect and defend the Constitution from ALL its enemies, foreign and domestic. So I took the time to read and understand that which I have sworn to defend. You, apparently, have not. Please read and UNDERSTAND what you are talking about before you put your foot in your mouth again. It gives your rants a modicum of credibility they currently are sorely lacking.