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In reply to the discussion: I don't care what anyone thinks about their right to own guns [View all]colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)There is a complete misrepresentation of the Second Amendment. It was written two centuries ago in a far different America. It really had to do with militias when we had no standing army.
Nobody is advocating that nobody can own a gun. However there should be stringent background checks and limits on what kind of guns ordinary citizens can own. Everyday people do not need military grade weapons.
The cowards in our Congress need to act, need to stand up to the NRA for once.
The argument that sensible gun control will not stop all shootings is true....but it would severely reduce them and isn't that better than doing nothing?
I now see the NRA as a terrorist organization. When 5 year olds being shot in the face and killed won't move them they need to go.
Had we acted when we should have acted many who have been killed might still be here, including the two today who should have enjoyed many more decades on earth.