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In reply to the discussion: The 2nd Amendment was NOT written "to protect us from our gov't," FFS... [View all]JGug1
(320 posts)Dear Sir.....you can argue all you want about what the purpose of the Second Amendment was. You weren't there and no one alive was either and as far as I have EVER seen, there are no contemporary notes to advise us of the purpose. IT EXISTS and it says this:
As passed by the Congress:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
As ratified by the States and authenticated by Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State:
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
So, it doesn't matter what the intent was. The constitutional amendment needed to change the dynamics of owning guns is NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Further, if it did, there are so many firearms out there that removing them would be impossible. IF you choose to focus on controlling automatic weapons, know that it is very easy to convert a semi-automatic rifle to automatic. Attacks on schools are VERY common in China, mostly with knives. Recently, a son killed his father and someone else before committing suicide with a bow and arrows. It isn't the weapon. It is the nut job and liberals need to stop calling people who like firearms crazy and begin to work with them, especially the NRA, to find ways to sort out those nut cases. THAT, my liberal colleagues, is our best route to any existing solution.