Why won't the second amendment be reconsidered?

Question

About 10 years ago in Dunblane, Scotland. A legal handgun owner murdered 16 5/6 year olds and their teacher... What happened after that... the british government banned private handgun ownership... when was the last school-shooting since Dunblane in the UK? Yet over here in America, there have been so many school shootings... gun-homicides and nothing has been done... It seems Americans want to "protect" themselves... Are they aware of the potential murderers that can so easily buy a gun...legally? And what do you really want guns for... to shoot glass bottles in a desert in the middle of nowhere? Guns were designed to kill, and to kill they shall do...

To the first answer who thinks she can talk on behalf of all murderers... SCHOOL SHOOTERS will not in a million years kill as many as they would with guns and if YOU didn't have a gun to "protect yourself" with... you wouldn't need to protect yourself.

Answer 1

If you reverse the second amendment, you have to reverse the entire bill of rights. I like all those amendments.

Answer 2

As to your additional details you don't know crap. Guess you never read the FULL PLANS of the Columbine killers. Never read of all the people who have tried PLANTING PIPE BOMBS. Oops those aren't guns so "school shooters" wouldn't use those. WRONG. Those deranged people want to "make an impact" and would turn to something else. We can't totally stop it. Also you make it sound like school shootings are a daily event, not so. The thing was schools needed to take it serious, and now they do and it has gone way down. Last the Second Amendment doesn't NEED to be reconsidered. We NEED to teach people the Constitution CORRECTLY. It is the right to bear arms for a WELL-REGULATED MILITIA. Well if we followed THE SECOND AMENDMENT most people would be losing their gun.

Answer 3

The second amendment doesn't need to be reconsidered to get rid of guns. The NRA and fans of guns never give you the whole amendment, they just say "the right to bear arms shall not be infringed upon." Here is what the 2nd amendment actually says:

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.

There is nothing well-regulated about everyone in America owning guns. I personally think that owning easy to conceal handguns should be outlawed in this nation. I'm not talking about sporting rifles or shotguns...but handguns. They are the scurge of our society and more people are killed by accidental shootings and crimes of passion then are saved by handguns. And the US has already banned several types of 'arms' including explosives and assualt rifles.

EDIT: Gun deaths in Europe are nearly non-existant. Gun deaths in Canada are caused by the ease in which one can bring guns into Canada from the US. Yes it will take time for guns to disappear in this country, but within a generation (25-30 years) we will be free of this problem and can feel safe again.

Answer 4

If the guns were outlawed tomorrow, the bad guys would still be able to get their guns without any problem. They may have to pay a bit more for them but they can get them. It does not take too much of a metal shop to make a gun. There are millions of shops like these across the US. Even if only 1% decided to do a little bit of black market manufacturing, that still means that there are thousands of these places dumping unregistered guns into the world. Banning guns will not stop violence.

Answer 5

I've had guns and never thought of doing anyone harm. it all depends on the individual.

Assuming they did do something about it, the black market would blossom,which brings me to my last point, Take a look at Canada's shooting incidents. They have many random shootings as well in schools, neighborhoods etc. And check it out.....they cant own guns AT ALL.

I'm not losojg my right for some idiot parent who cant keep a leash on their troubled kid or some scorned dude on a rampage. It's sad but it's life whether guns were legal or not

Answer 6

There is a lot of misconceptions about why there is a second amendment. The second amendment has nothing to do with hunting and little to do with personal protection. It has everything to do with society protecting itself from its own government. Government is supposed to live in "fear" of the people and to exist in a state where "well armed militias" could turn the government over in an instant if leaders attempt to run away with power. In our system, power flows exclusively from the people. It makes little sense to give great firepower to those who are in positions of leadership and none to the people who keep them there.

As history has shown time and time again, power will eventually shift out of the hands of an unarmed society. This is what the founding fathers understood but some in contemporary society cannot because they lack reference. As has been demonstrated throughout history, It is common practice for dictators to disarm the public under the guise of protecting people from each other.

Guns have been around for centuries and people have lived in relative harmony. Obviously, if guns are constant and there is a sudden surge in violence in the last couple of decades, there is another cause. School violence along with other types of violent crime is almost exclusively attributed to the moral decay of this country. People used to live and work as communities, but now most people are narcissistic and view others as solely a means to some personal gratification, service or material gain. Society is corrupt and although unarming society so that the governement can effectively oppress it to bring it under control can and will work, who wants to live in such a world. Be careful what you ask for.

For those of you that do not understand what is written in the second amendment. I offer some quotes from the founding fathers concerning the second amendment. Although the way it is written can be confusing to some, the second amendment is saying 2 things. That the right to bear arms by any man cannot be taken away and that a well regulated militia is the best form of defense for society against leaders usurping power. It is because of these discussions concerning the second amendment by our founding fathers that the supreme court clearly understands their intent and why the second amendment cannot and should not be reinterpreted.

No Free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Proposal Virginia Constitution, 1 T. Jefferson Papers, 334,[C.J. Boyd, Ed., 1950]

"The great object is, that every man be armed ... Every one who is able may have a gun."
-- Patrick Henry, Elliot, p.3:386

"And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress ... to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.... "
--Samuel Adams

"What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms."
-- Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, 1787. ME 6:373, Papers 12:356

"The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
--James Madison, The Federalist Papers, No. 46

"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed."
-- Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers at 184-188

I hope this answers your question even though it obviously conflicts with your point of view.

Answer 7

Move to Scotland if you don't like me owning guns. I have about 25 of them and not a single one has killed anyone. Reconsider the 2nd all you want but the criminals will always find and buy guns and I feel much safer when I have my guns.

Answer 8

If you are going to murder someone, you are going to do it whether guns are legal or not.

A murderer doesn't care if having guns is illegal.

And most murders by guns are from people who illegally own the gun. It makes it alot easier to find the murderer/person who gave them the gun with these laws, because they can trace the gun to its original owner.

It is our right as Americans to protect ourselves. If I didn't have it, I would have been stabbed to death.


-What do you mean if I didn't have a gun to protect myself with I wouldnt need to? A man came at me and my mother with a knife. If I didn't have a gun to protect myself with, he would have stabbed me. The gun didn't cause him to come after me.

Don't be so defensive just because you know I have a point and I don't agree with you. Murderers aren't going to stop and say "wait, it's illegal to own a gun. I won't kill people then."

Answer 9

Americans can not depend on the police to protect our loved ones and we can not trust the power hungry who want to disarm and control us. We are Americans and we will never give up our right to protect ourselves and our families.

Answer 10

Rhea says it quite well.