I really enjoyed this piece, I am not one who typically reads these type of posts but I do like your candor. I have to say, my somewhat limited on the ground experience of the "American Dream" has led me to the conclusions you have also come to. The right to bear arms for example was brought about when it took 30 seconds to reload, not 30 seconds to 1/2 empty a clip of 400 rounds!
Butttttttt..... Freedom!
One of the popular thought experiments is to raise the founding fathers from the dead, give them a quick update on guns and tech, and see how they feel about the bill then. Somehow I feel they would no longer stand by it!
Wholeheartedly agree with you there. Many of the founding principles wouldn't stand at all.