@thomasfuchs I don't get the US Gun BS. Speaking as a Christian. I particularly don't get the Gun BS by ostensible Christians - people put their entire identities in these little metal idols alongside defining themselves by their nation before their god.
The US Constitution was - unlike the AU one, for instance - forged in wartime, uniting a bunch of disparate nation station, which heavily influenced how it was written. But, the US seems overall to act like they never stopped being at war.