No Surprise There

[Bazile]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36563337


//The US Senate has rejected plans to tighten gun controls, including the restriction of weapons sales to people on terrorism watch lists.//

Even people on terrorism watch lists ?

Says it all really

[youngmafbog]

You are not understanding the underlying reason. The right to bear arms us written into the constitution any wateringdiwn will be seen as an attack on tgat constitution leading to thoughts about whatever else in it would be attacked.

[Bazile]

I am not misunderstanding anything .

I am fully aware of that this right is written into the constitution

[Quoi]

They could at least have limited the type of weapon to exclude for example assault rifles and still kept the constitution intact.

[youngmafbog]

You OP doesnt indicate you get the immence feeling the US has for its constitution.