The new anti-gun-control meme: The US should be more like Switzerland.

[beevul]

39. Negative ghost rider.

You want to rehash already gone over failures on your part? fine with me:

Its not a failure, its a fact.

The bill of rights was both a restriction on congress & a guarantee of individual rights (in 2nA case, the right to belong to a well regulated militia, right as a duty)

First, I'm not talking about what someone after the fact 'says' it is, like you are.

I'm talking about what it actually is, in terms of how it functions, and the framers themselves make quite clear what it is and how it functions:

THE Conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best insure the beneficent ends of its institution

Second, you're wrong. Amendment 1 explicitly restricts only congress, the other amendments were written with a much broader scope.

Third, you're wrong again, in that the restriction on government contained in amendment 2, explicitly protects from governmental interference, the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

You have no business talking about the failures of others, james, until you get your own house in order.

As I said, the 'militia' arguments are a red herring. Always have been, and always will be.