i agree that some things over time have to change but putting more limits on gun owner ship / free speech /privacy /seperation of church and state in a nation where you have so many people that have sacrificed thier lives to protect those freedoms it is a insult to those who fought to preserve these rights to try and limit these freedoms if there is going to be change it should be change that allows more freedom not less the patriot act is a prime example of this if you have a minute read it this thing is right out of orwells 1984 i love this country and would gladly give my life to protect it but our govt is out of control when you put people in prison for having a substance abuse problem instead of getting them into a rehab program or lock up a cancer patient for trying to relieve his or her pain with an alternetive medication or give the fbi authority to go in to a home with no warrent and snoop around just for kicks and giggles i think it is safe to say we have strayed very far off the course that was laid out for us in the beginning and i believe that they intended for us to have as little interferance from the govt as possable and lately it seems the feds are doing a lot of interfering in private matters but thanx for reminding me about them being not perfect i just wish a few of those guys were still around now adays we could use some of that logic and common sense