2nd amendment under attack ( Archived) (131)

First of all, the title of this thread is false. The 2nd amendment is not “under attack”. That is just rabble rousing and pot stirring. There is no concerted effort being waged by anybody to take all guns away from citizens. If there is I would like to see some actual proof that this is so. It's easy to sit in front of a computer and type statements like this, it's another to prove it. Oh and Conrad, Janet Reno isn't AG anymore and Bill Clinton isn't president. She stuck her foot in her mouth with that statement, politicians do that from time to time. Show me the legislation that's in place to take all firearms away from the American people! You can't because none exists.

Second, I can't imagine that even the staunchest gun rights advocate thinks it's ok for a criminally insane person like Jarad Laughner or Adam Lanza to ever possess a semi automatic rifle with a 30 shot clip. If there is, then that person is just as crazy as those 2. If both sides of the issue can't agree on that point then there is no hope of ever coming to a workable solution to the problem.

Third, the statement, (If you)”ban all guns, then only the criminals will have them”. Is also false because nobody is trying to ban all guns! That is just scare tactics and hollow misleading rhetoric. Besides, if you examine where criminals get guns it will be apparent that the lack of effective preventive laws and enforcement such as background checks allows felons to simply walk into a gun show and buy one or more and the unlimited access to ammo online and the proliferation of guns in private homes gives criminals a mother load of guns to steal like taking candy from a baby.

Fourth, The paranoid from Texas who's milking the medical system of France, made reference to banning all beer ie “prohibition” failed, implying that banning alcohol was a failure, so banning guns will also fail. This is also false for 2 reasons. 1, There is no such thing as an addiction to owning a firearm like there is with alcohol. 2, Nobody is trying to ban all guns!

Fifth, The 2nd amendment, as written, is flawed! It is in serious need to be updated to make it more relevant to the modern age we all live in today. I could write a book about the differences between the world of today with the world of the 1700's. It's unfortunate that back then, the people who enacted the laws and wrote that awesome document didn't have a crystal ball or time machine that gave them the kind of foresight to even imagine the world as it is today, if they had, I think they would have changed the wording a lot to allow for the evolving of the Constitution.

Finally, I have a .22 rifle with a 4X scope. It has a tubular magazine that holds about 15 bullets and yes it is a semi automatic. I use it to dispatch possums and raccoons that would kill and eat my chickens. It is a tool just like a steak knife, a hammer, and a pair of scissors, every one of which is a lethal weapon in the wrong hands. Nobody is going to take my rifle away from me because without it I would be unable to produce eggs for my own consumption and to sell. People like me are not the problem and nobody in the government is working to confiscate my rifle.