To Be an American

[Heywood]

Arguing about gun ownership on a gun forum is one thing. Tying it to religion is another. By all means believe in 'God' and your country, but don't get upset if I yawn loudly and glaze-over while you proselytise. And if you don't get too worked up with my disdain at your arrogance then I promise not to spout the belief systems in my country as if they are an exemplar of living. 'Founding Fathers' (did they all have kids?), Religious deities handing-out rights to humans...[Yawn]. The legislated freedom to carry (certain types of) gun because there is less communal trust in your own government after a civil war...In an individualistic society that celebrates the rights of individuals over the group.

While I own several I don't feel the need to carry a gun for protection where I live. Yet I am careful and respectful enough not to suggest my country is better than anyone else's. It's just a different way a society has chosen to live.

I hear what you are saying, as an agnostic I personally believe that all the English speeking countries of the world would be much better off if they did not believe their rights came from something bigger than their betters. The western world would be much better off without the Renaissance, the Magna Carta and the Constitution. I'm just glad they didn't try their hand at starting hospitals or universities with all those crazy beliefes in their head.