I have a right

[Old Crow]

72. Interesting thoughts.

After my post, I was wondering how much room for interpretation there is with the existing 2nd Amendment.

The suggestion you've made, of locking guns up in an armory seems to directly contradict the words "the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" (my emphasis, of course). That said, I could see how the argument could be made that as long as a militia official is holding the keys, and not a federal official, then it is "the People" who are keeping the arms. But I really don't think serious gun control--as opposed to tweaks around the edges of the issue, such as background checks--can be accomplished without an amendment to the 2nd Amendment.

Your point about the other amendments is a good one. Considering how we've virtually gutted the 4th Amendment--based on the allegations of Edward Snowden, which I think are 100% accurate--and the 8th--waterboarding, anyone?--it seems odd that we're so punctilious about the 2nd. I'd rather that all the existing amendments be carefully observed, until and unless amended, as opposed to running roughshod over them, to borrow your words.