So what's wrong with home security systems?

[AndyA]

146. I know all I need to know about guns.

I know that guns were designed to serve one purpose: to kill. At the age of 17, my Mother was shot dead in our home, in the face, at close range by a man who had all the legal permits to have a gun. My life changed forever that night.

My fear is based on first hand experience and is not irrational.

There are too many guns in too many hands. The solution is not more guns, it's fewer guns, stricter laws and more severe punishment for those who have them illegally. Even the NRA doesn't allow guns in their building. Why is that? That goes against everything they have said. Apparently, it's not safe to have guns in their building, so why should the rest of society tolerate them in restaurants, movie theaters, grocery stores, bars, etc.?

The Second Amendment says "well regulated" and it's not well regulated when a person can buy a gun at a gun show or from a private citizen, with no background check. It's not well regulated when military style weapons are in the hands of private citizens, that's irrational and irresponsible. It's not well regulated when gun owners aren't required to go through training on the safe handling of guns, and that training should be continuing, a requirement to maintain legal ownership of a gun.

There is a problem in this country with guns. Doing nothing is not the solution, so the gun owners who truly are responsible will have to accept that there are going to be changes going forward. It's a public safety issue. Seat belts are required in cars today, and most states require them to be used. Not everyone uses them, but most do. That's an example of legislation to try to prevent something that might happen in the future. It doesn't work 100% of the time, but it is the law.

The Second Amendment allows for regulation, and that isn't happening. Given the choice of the right to life and the right to bear arms, life is the one that must be protected. Public opinion on gun ownership is changing, the NRA is being exposed for the organization they are, and that is one that serves the private for profit gun manufacturing industry, nothing else. Their goal is to sell more guns, and that is quite obviously not a solution.

The true irrationality here is the belief that one is not safe without a gun. In many instances, the belief that there's a need for multiple guns with the ability to shoot non-stop rounds until everyone within range is dead. The gun control laws on the books don't work, and have been compromised through efforts of the gun lobby for years.

Change is coming, like it or not. Support for the NRA is dropping. One person's rights cannot trample the rights of another. Attitudes are changing, and with every mass shooting they will continue to change. The faces on the Supreme Court will also change, and with them so will the interpretation of the Second Amendment.