I believe the politicians write the laws to give them more control over the people not for the people. I think eventually the US will be no different that Europe. With out the rights we enjoy today. I think at some point in time we here in the US will not have the right to defend our selves & will have no say in the governing of this country that our fathers and for fathers created for us. I know that at my age I want have to worry about it much longer and am glad I have no kids to leave with this mess. If I go into some things I believe in a lot of folks want agree with me, I believe in equal rights not preferred rights. I believe when people protest and loot and burn and the police are afraid to stop it because of the political part of it is wrong. A lot of what I am against is because of politicians and lawyers who a lot of are politicians. I guess you might say that I'm just an angry old man who remembers how this country use to be and wish it could go back to when it was better. now there are things that was wrong then as it is now but then again there was a lot of things right. The bad thing about it is even though the US has it's problems to me it's still better than a lot of other places in the world I've been. As I'm sure they think the same of there country. I guess you have to love your country to be up set when there's something wrong or at least to your thinking. All in all I'm still proud to be an American. I've had fun with this discussion thanks.