Perhaps I'm just asking too much of our public education system or patriotism from our citizenry. I am saddened by the number of people that have never read our Constitution and even more disappointed by those that don't have any understanding of how our government works. I am in no way a Constitutional scholar but I have read, studied and occasionally review our founding document. I'm always shocked at the number of people that can't even name the three branches of our government or understand why we have a Constitution. My commanding officer made sure each sailor under his command read and understood the principles we had sworn to support and defend. I do frequently use this to my advantage when discussing the amendments, if they've not read it how can they really argue their point against our 2nd amendment right or what our government is doing to us.