the second amendment to the US constitution states: "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."
in 1790, a year and a half after the US constitution was ratified, the population of the US was slightly less than 4 million. U.S. Population, 1790-2000: Always Growing In 1790 the US was largely rural.
today:
needless to say, the US has changed greatly since 1790. the constitutional right of a citizen to own a gun makes no sense in light of today's population, population density, and mass shootings.
the solution is obvious: repeal the 2nd amendment.
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citizens would not have an automatic, constitutional right to privately own a gun. Private ownership would be subject to application and rigorous background check. criminal record, committing a crime with an illegal weapon (felony), unlawful possession of a firearm without a valid permit (felony), providing false information on permit application (felony), mental disorders, violent crimes, etc. would be disqualifiers. law enforcement would know what to do, without hesitation, if a person is threatening another person or persons with a gun.
John Paul Stevens, ex-SCOTUS justice, shocks with call to repeal 2nd Amendment - Washington Times
"...shocks..."??? what's so shocking about repealing the 2nd amendment? as Justice Stevens says, "the second amendment is a relic of the 18th century".
"The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate."
Article V, U.S. Constitution
- question: has anyone in Congress pursued repealing the 2nd amendment?
- answer: not that I'm aware of
- question: has any state legislature proposed repealing the 2nd amendment?
- answer: not that I'm aware of
- question: why?
- answer: no guts?
- question: why don't politicians have guts?
- answer: party politics ("don't bite the hand that feeds you")
- question: what is the "will of the people"?
- answer: according to polls, most Americans want stricter gun control laws
- question: had enough?
- answer:
who do you trust?
- congress?
- lobbyists--like the NRA?
- elected politicians who are more about taking lobbyists' money to get re-elected and blaming the other party than solving the nation's problems?
- political parties, financed by billionaire corporations and PACs?
here's how government works:
if you vote for a republican or a democrat, then it's not the person who you voted for who is in control--it's the party.
in the next election--national, state or local--vote for someone who can get the job done. don't vote for a democrat or a republican. soon the republican and democratic parties will dry up and die. nothing will be better for the United States of America.
PS similarly, by refusing to patronize dishonest and biased media, they too will shrivel up and die too.
