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Anonymous
Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 9 years ago

How come America is the only country with freedom: to bear arms, free speech, religion?

Can you name any other nation where its citizens are allowed to bear arms? Enjoy freedom of speech? Enjoy freedom of religion? Can you name any country that affords its citizens the level of freedom that Americans enjoy?

Update:

Freedoms we don't have in America/as Americans:

1. To visit Cuba freely.

2. To be untaxed by the IRS if we opt to live abroad

3. To not go bankrupt over health issues

I'll stay here and fight to change those things! Nothing is accomplished by people leaving America instead of fighting to change it.

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  • Derek
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    Despite your sarcasm, I have to retort with the fact that America actually has very few restrictions on these basic rights.

    The last 20 years have been bad for our liberties, but you would be surprised at the things you can not say in Europe, the places you cannot own a firearm. the places you cannot practice your religion freely, or what religion you choose to practice. Most of their laws are reasonable when restricting these rights, but they are restricted a lot compared to us.

    And it's just not the case here.

    Why do you hate this country so much Ted. All you do is *****, constantly.

  • NONAME
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    We still have these freedoms because of our constitution and we have people that defend it stalwartly like Ron Paul. These freedoms are being seriously undermined. The 2nd amendment was put into the constitution in case the government got out of hand the people could overthrow it and start a new and better one. I think we are very close to that moment. Just look at the NDAA. The current, intelligent government is already preparing for a civil war.

  • 5 years ago

    i'm no longer an American, so whilst questioned or detained via the Police, i'm no longer able to "take the 5th", yet i'm nonetheless taking section in the main staggering to refuse to incriminate myself or communicate with regulation enforcement without the presence of a criminal information. i'm no longer concern to the U. S. shape, yet I nonetheless appreciate each and every freedom granted interior the "bill of Rights"... i do no longer think of maximum human beings are ignorant to the actuality that persons in Europe and another places stay in democracies. it relatively is only that they are proud of their historic past and background and choose their united states of america to be regarded because of the fact the suitable united states of america interior the international. and that's possibly some thing they have in undemanding with different nationalities.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands and maybe Australia are some of the countries that have similiar freedoms that we have.

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  • Jose
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    Other nations have the freedoms but it's not set in law like it is in the USA.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Lots of times in the pass 200 years that has depended on whether Ur skin was white or NOT.

    This is the part that Paul g is trying to keep secret.

  • 9 years ago

    Freedom in general was taken away already with the patriot act and the NDAA

  • 9 years ago

    Switzerland. Every citizen is required to be militarily trained and have arms in their homes.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Holland and many more freedoms that u cant handle

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    After SOPA/PIPA there wont be any nation with free speech

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