Yesterday at a food court within a mall located in Indiana, a bad guy with a gun killed 3 Americans and, in the process, terrorized many more. Fortunately, a good guy with a gun, who could fire his weapon well under highly stressful conditions, killed the bad guy.
All things being equal, all but one American will die. The math is simple; assuming we begin with 100 Americans and four die each occurrence, then after the 25th, the bad guy will be left standing (as there is no one remaining to kill him).
Is this the place we want to live? I would hope not.
We have mangled the Second Amendment (2A) for some perverted belief that everyone should have a gun.
As written (operative word) the 2A reads: “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.”
It does NOT read: “A well-regulated homeowner, being necessary to the security of the home, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Nor read: “A well-regulated individual, being necessary for self-defense, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Yet SCOTUS says it reads: “For self-defense, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Notice how the 2A meaning was changed significantly; arguably, it was rewritten by SCOTUS in violation of Article V of the US Constitution via its landmark DC vs. Heller ruling.
Nowhere in the current interpretation does responsible gun ownership come in. Regulations have been whittled away such that anyone can obtain a gun. There are more guns in America, then there are people. No other country has that, and no other country has the number of deaths that we have.
We have guns everywhere and all, but one of us, could die from gun fire, unless something changes.
The changes should begin by requiring responsible ownership through regulations as our founders articulated. It is that simple.
