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In reply to the discussion: I have an admission and a request. [View all]ancianita
(43,307 posts)Once owned two rifles and one handgun, and do understand their positive utility.
Re your comment on the Constitution, there is still the very real problem of 2A dominating 1A.
2A "rights to bear arms" should never be used to excuse the ongoing murderous denial of "life, liberty and property..." Ever.
So I gotta say, the US Constitution is not about interpretation. It's about gun-forced interpretation. The fact that government buildings won't allow guns in their confines, while schools should, tells you everything about what elected leaders fear -- for their own "life, liberty and property" if they pass gun legislation, and never about Americans' "life, liberty and property," particularly those of people too young to vote.
That right there has got to stop. Biden's chipping away at background check and red flags, but it's got to stop.
68 mass killings in 45 days.