Removing the Trigger (22)

Have you ever pondered on the question of gun-control? Does the 2nd Amendment really allow every American to tote a shotgun? What would it be like if your friend kept a revolver in her refrigerator?

My opinion is that guns really have no place in normal society. It appears that the context of the 2nd Amendment deals with Militia. The provision for a Militia guarantees Americans the protection of a military, and this military is allowed to bear arms. The amendment really doesn't address whether ordinary civilians would be allowed or forbidden to have firearms.

Naturally, one must consider what the Framers of the Constitution were thinking when they wrote the document. I'm sure they weren't thinking of restricting gun usage from anyone - after all hunting was a sport as well as a necessity in their time. And I'm sure they wouldn't want to forbid themselves from going out to shoot partridges of boars. But that opens up another can of wormy questions like Should we be flexible in our interpretation of the Constitution to allow for changes in society and time? We're not going to go there.

Guns shouldn't be allowed in the hands of civilians. They don't need guns. Nobody needs to go out and shoot lunch anymore. And those of you who insist on being armed to the teeth whenever they go to the store, just learn some moves if you are that paranoid.

In a perfect world, if guns were not available to anybody, the criminals wouldn't be able to get a hold of them either. But unfortunately there would be other countries that the bad guys could get their guns from. Complete gun control is not possible, but it should be attempted as much as possible. Then there would be less incidents like school shootings.