Banning Muslims is as extreme as banning firearms. I think some of us are forgetting what we all stand for: The Constitution of the United States and The Bill of Rights. These documents are the greatest achievement of human society in its entire history. They guarantee certain inalienable rights to all citizens of this great country. They do not discriminate because of race, religion, color,or gender. By disregarding the rights of someone just because of religion is the same as discriminating someone just because they own guns.
By making a statement like "ban all Muslims" you are becoming just as guilty as those who want to ban all firearms. If you make one exception to the Constitution, you might as well throw the entire document out. you might as well take away freedom of speech, the right to privacy, and our beloved right to bear arms. However, once you throw out the Constitution, this will no longer be the United States of America. It will no longer be the land our forefathers believed in, had dreams for, and loved so dearly.
I still have hope that this country can be what it once was. I have hope that the people of this nation will once again believe in the ideals set forth by the great men who founded this country. I have hope that people will put the greater good of this country before special interests. I can only hope that one day people see that by taking away any freedom they are destroying what makes this the greatest nation on Earth. That by restricting its citizens any rights damages the belief those people have in their country. If the people who we choose to govern our society do not have faith in their constituents to be responsible, then why should we have faith in them to decide how to govern us.
The hoplophobes who wish to disarm us are more interested in their self interests to see that disarming the citizens will only lead to the eventual subjugation of the commmon people. By restricting and discouraging the right of self defense and self preservation, you are only encouraging the death of human will and human spirit.
To all those who support weapom bans because of personal tragedy, I sympathize. The answer, however, is not to ban the guns. The answer is not to cripple the ability of the people to stand up for their rights, to defend their lives, and to protect their loved ones. The answer is stricter punishment for the basic laws that wxisted before any of these ridiculous bans that do not affect criminakl activity whatsoever. Criminals, by definition, are those that break the law. The number of laws will not stop crime. Strict policies against those that break the law may prevent potential criminals from making that step into a sinister lifestyle. No matter, what you do, there will alwys be those who will not respect the law. We can make the life of a criminal less desirable by making the rewards less appea;ing because of the severe punishment one would risk.
To all of you who may be joking about "banning whoever," I'm sorry I took your comments so seriously. However, I feel any attack on anyone's Constitutional rights is an attack on everyone's rights. I am a first generation Chinese-American born and raised in the great state of Alabama. My parents came here because they believed in the American dream, and they intilled that belief in me. I consider myself a great patriot and find I respect the Constitution and love this country more than most people I know whose families have been here far longer than mine. I take very seriously an attack on anyone's rights, especially before they have been proven of any crime. I take offense because every violation of the Constituion weakens it. Every right violated makes cheap everything that great document gives to us and disregards those lives and sacrifices made to preserve it. Our country may not be perfect, the world is less than perfect. However, this country still has hope of becoming the great institution our forefathers dreamed of building, so long as the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights still exists and is never forgotten or ignored.