THIS is what firearms looked like when the 2nd Amendment was written ...

[wercal]

152. Gun Freak?

I own one rifle.

Its a 0.22....in case you don't know that is pretty small.

And its bolt action....that means I have to somewhat manually chamber each round by sliding a bolt back and then forward again.

I own nothing else....so I hardly think of myself as a 'gun freak'......but I am a realist. I am realistic enough to know that we cannot merely presume original intent, without erring on the side of the individual. (and trust me, the fact that a repeating weapon existed in the revolutionary era is not minor at all). You want to change the second ammendment, you are going to have to ammend it. That won't happen; and the OP was mindless and emotional bluster....same goes for labeling me a gun freak btw.

I'd rather not waste time on such fantasy pursuits, and concentrate on realistic solutions. I already mentioned on this thread that my school district is installing card lock at the high school over Christmas break. My engineering company worked on improvents to several elememtary schools over the last few years, which icluded secure foyers to prevent such tragedies. These are real solutions...not just fantasies. Here's another realistic pursuit: abolish the gun show loophole. That could happen TODAY....the political support is there. It is estimated this would stop 40 percent of AR-15 sales. But no....we're gonna get stuck on stupid, play guessing games with what the founding fathers meant, and call for an outright ban - that will NEVER happen.

But I'm the small minded one.