BW, I have heard some people say that PATRIOT doesn't add anything new, but just enumerates all the feds' powers to snoop in one place. If that's the case, it's a good thing, because it makes it easier to see just how much power they have grabbed.
I don't know if that's literally true or not.
I HAVE been reading a copy of Allan Korwin's Gun Laws of America, and there's a lot of scary stuff there. The governments have lots more power than most of us realize. And thinking about it is as frightening as remembering that someday, you're gonna die.