After seeing some stupid crap on FB, I just want to say:
If we banned all assault rifles (and no, I’m not going to argue semantics with you, as to what you/others consider “assault rifles” or not) just like every other westernized nation, I don’t care if you think that infringes upon “your rights”. Frankly, I don’t think your rights to carry weapons of war outweigh the rights of school children who are dying every few weeks. I don’t think your rights to carry weapons of war outweigh the rights of movie and concert goers who want to live. I don’t thing your rights to carry weapons outweighs the common sense that we need to have about guns in this country.
There are more guns, per capita, here than any other westernized country, and it’s not even a close race. When the 2nd amendment was written, even the best marksman could maybe get 2 shots off in one minute. Weapons of war have evolved, our laws need to evolve, too.
We used to not have traffic laws, because transportation was stupid slow. Can you imagine if we took the same approach we take with guns towards transportation? “HEY! We got along just fine the last 150 years without these stupid laws! We don’t need new laws now!”
250 years ago you couldn’t shoot 60 people in one minute. 250 years ago you couldn’t travel from New York to Charleston by land in less than a day. We’ve updated just about every single law to keep up with technology, but we still lag behind GREATLY when it comes to our gun laws.
The constitution isn’t a sacred piece of paper that cannot be changed. Our constitution used to say that a black person was worth less than a white person. Our constitution used to say women couldn’t hold any authority. We’ve UPDATED those, too.
Sitting and doing nothing about a problem isn’t going to fix anything.
trevorbwg 