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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
Strictly going by a document written by a group of men who lived and died 250 years ago comes with certain problems. Technology has advanced so far beyond what the framers ever envisioned that you are forced to look at things in a different way. I think that's all Bloomberg's saying.
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Has technology advanced that much really? Could the Boston bombers did what they did in 1776? Sure: In the 17th century (100 years before the Constitution was written) repeating firearms already existed so in theory they could have had a shoot out with police. Gunpowder and bombs existed, books written in 14th century China explained how to make fragmentation bombs, so in theory they could have blown up a great number of people. Their ideology certainly existed, we would fight a war against its followers not soon after the ink was dry on the Constitution. The only differences is that they would have had to leave their house to acquire it all instead of sitting at a computer.
What Bloomberg is saying is not that he wants to make the country safer, he wants to exercise greater control over it. He could say that he wants the Government to track down those who indoctrinated, encouraged, and supported the bombers and bring them to justice (guess what it's easy people were saying 2 years ago they should look at the Mosque the bombers attended and how it was linked to fundamentalists); but he instead says we should give up our rights so the Government can protect us.