I'm not going to say that the US of A doesn't have problems--it very, very, very clearly does--but I will argue that the U.S. Constitution is actually a pretty awesome document, and that those two amendments can, in fact, be modified, in the same way that other amendments are ratified and then taken out again with other amendments (see the 18th Amendment and the 21st Amendment, one which started Prohibition and the other that rather smartly ended Prohibition).
The forefathers crafted the document based on the original status of the United States which still had to deal with a lot of wilderness and a rather loose union and the threat of powerful European countries who could turn around and wage war against them again if they wanted... hence the insurance to the right to bear arms, which at the time, made sense--they also made the document as a whole quite flexible to give the country room to grow. The US federal government could, in fact, produce an amendment to ban the usage of guns, but the amendment would have to be ratified by a certain number of states and the likelihood of that occurring isn't high. It's one of the issues that has been determined currently as being decided at the state level. And states can make it harder for people to acquire guns or even practice "Free Speech." Unfortunately, it just hasn't happened and with the current state of mind in the US it isn't likely to happen for awhile, as much as many of us would like it.
I don't expect anyone outside the US to be aware of US history, but please bear in mind that the Constitution was adopted in 1787. The US was a little different back then.
Also, I don't know which Americans you're so worried about, but despite how often you diss our country's politics I don't tend to see a whole lot of people getting onto your case about it here on DW--so the fact that you even include that jibe at us is puzzling.
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The forefathers crafted the document based on the original status of the United States which still had to deal with a lot of wilderness and a rather loose union and the threat of powerful European countries who could turn around and wage war against them again if they wanted... hence the insurance to the right to bear arms, which at the time, made sense--they also made the document as a whole quite flexible to give the country room to grow. The US federal government could, in fact, produce an amendment to ban the usage of guns, but the amendment would have to be ratified by a certain number of states and the likelihood of that occurring isn't high. It's one of the issues that has been determined currently as being decided at the state level. And states can make it harder for people to acquire guns or even practice "Free Speech." Unfortunately, it just hasn't happened and with the current state of mind in the US it isn't likely to happen for awhile, as much as many of us would like it.
I don't expect anyone outside the US to be aware of US history, but please bear in mind that the Constitution was adopted in 1787. The US was a little different back then.
Also, I don't know which Americans you're so worried about, but despite how often you diss our country's politics I don't tend to see a whole lot of people getting onto your case about it here on DW--so the fact that you even include that jibe at us is puzzling.