If you were to magically add a RKBA to some country´s constitution, which one?

[jlbraun]

Say that you could instantly with the wave of a magic legislative wand add the a US-style 2nd Amendment to any country´s set of laws. Which country would it be and why?

I would actually pick Russia, because they´ve been under the boot of the State for so long they could use some real freedom.

 

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

China.

 

[KiltedClaymore]

Britan

 

[OOOXOOO]

+1 on China

 

[Gator]

First I'd make ours bulletproof.

 

[grilledcheese]

How about ALL of them?



Jeffrey

 

[pappy]

How about ALL of them?

+1
But if I could only chose one, Jamaica, been there a couple times on vacation.

 

[conw]

Britain.

Oh my gosh, it worked! There is a RKBA in their constitution - look!

My wish came true!

 

[jakemccoy]

The U.S...

I'd magically edit the Constitution to have the Second Amendment read,

"The right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." (lower case of "arms" intentional, upper case of People intentional)

Then, I'd magically have the Second Amendment become the First Amendment, and vice versa.

 

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

Just as with the "remove 1 gun law" thread, "All of them" is missing the spirit of the OPs question. He's trying to get you to think, not just spit out the obvious answer. All of them may be right, just like all guns laws should be repealed. But giving that answer is not really thinking about the question in the original post.

 

[CBS220]

Oh my gosh, it worked! There is a RKBA in their constitution - look!

English Bill of Rights =/= Constitution.

It also segregates along religious lines.

 

[conw]

Realistically I'd have Britain remove their gun laws, first because the average citizen there is getting screwed pretty badly in the process of rights-denial, second because Anti-gun Eurosnobs (In Your-up they have better health care and guns aren't allowed...why can't we learn from them?) would have less fuel for their fire, and third because if it significantly reversed the crime trend there, it'd be a great example.

 

[conw]

Oh yeah, fourth because they're supposed to have it anyway.

 

[damien]

Probably Mexico, they need it the most and I would like to travel there more often.

 

[Mot45acp]

Australia's people are in need of help. They are decent folk who are being taken advantage of by their govt.

 

[mp510]

South Africa. The ANC government has been screwing the country's people over royally at renewal time. And given the violence, there is few if any countries where the guarantee of arms is even more necessary.

 

[KiltedClaymore]

Australia's people are in need of help. They are decent folk who are being taken advantage of by their govt

i almost forgot them! they can't own semi autos IIRC.

 

[LopezEL]

Mexico

 

[qwert65]

I'd go with australia as those people recently lost it and are trying to get it back plus they've been pretty good allies and all the ones i've met have been straight shooters.

Though China would be interesting

 

[wagoneer1019]

mexico, they used to have it but lost it in the in the name of lowering crime

 

[SG Merc]

It would have to be a democracy or other form of less authoritarian government simply because gun ownership alone isn't enough for a people to be free.

You could give every man woman and child of China/Russia/N. Korea rights to own a firearm and nothing is going to change for them. It is deeply ingrained in these cultures that they must fear the government, and so without a complete social reform they would continue to be peasants regardless of being armed.

Now, on the other hand, a nation which already enjoys other basic human rights would have the mentality to accept this as a freedom which could protect them.

 

[novaDAK]

United States. Just so we could tell the anti-gun people to shove it. Because apparently they don't understand what the 2A means, even after having SOCUS affirm an individual right.

 

[Cmdr. Gravez0r]

South Africa.

With a previously existing arms industry and some liberal laws, arms and ammo would flow through the streets and criminals--who have easy (EASY!) access to weps would wet their pants.

 

[Drgong]

It is tough...

Australia and Britian so they can get their rights BACK...

But china would be a amazing sight to see, and just imagining 1.2 billion rising up vs the dictatorship warms my heart.

But I am afraid that South Africa is about to become another Rhodesia. So I say let them have it.


South Africa it is..

 

[Yankee]

Australia. I was born with the RTKBA but had it taken away with the stroke of a pen in 1997. It would be great to have it back again.