We need to have a serious national debate about the 2nd Amendment [View all]

[Hugabear]

It's been awhile since I've posted on here, but I see that nothing has changed since I've been gone. It's still just as easy as it always has been for people to get guns and go on mass shooting sprees.

It's time that we had a serious discussion on the 2nd Amendment, about either repealing the damned thing or at least amending it, so that Congress and local governments can finally start passing some meaningful gun control. Things have changed quite a bit in the 238 years since the US was founded. There is absolutely on reason whatsoever for anyone to be carrying around assault rifles in public. In an age where the government is armed with tanks, fighter jets, drones, etc that can wipe out an area before you even see them, the notion that Billy Bob and Hank are going to fight off a "oppressive tyranny" with their small-arms is laughable at best.

Nobody is talking about an outright national ban on guns. But if some urban areas want to ban guns within their city limits, they should be able to do so. If we want to ban assault rifles and other guns that are only designed to kill large amounts of people, that should be on the table.