Do we take guns out of the hands of those who shouldn't have them? We should at least try. Are there other times guns should be removed from someone's hands?
I think of the Wild West, and of how they debated guns, just as we do today. The courts back then ruled that when the Second Amendment says Congress shall make no law infringing on the right to keep and bear arms, that didn't mean guns should be allowed in all places at all times.
Back then, they did restrict usage. If you rode into Dodge City, you were required to turn your gun in, same as you were in a lot of towns in the Wild West.
Gun control, circa 1870. (I'm just saying, they had it.)
The Second Amendment says, "A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." The security of the nation -- this free state -- is not at risk by taking guns from those who make threats.
It is the right of the people, at large, to keep and bear guns. And, you as an individual have the right to a gun -- unless you do something to restrict that right.
Like, make a threat.
The gun is an instrument of death. With the gun, comes the ability to kill. Do we say everybody in society should be given the ability to kill? Those with mental disabilities? Those who threaten others? If the gun is too much a responsibility for you, the gun should be taken away. Some have compared this to the right to drive a car. While the gun is an instrument of death, the car is but an instrument of travel. If we are to be careful with who we give the right to drive, we should be even more careful who we give the right to kill.
Back then, they did restrict usage. If you rode into Dodge City, you were required to turn your gun in, same as you were in a lot of towns in the Wild West.
Gun control, circa 1870. (I'm just saying, they had it.)
The Second Amendment says, "A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." The security of the nation -- this free state -- is not at risk by taking guns from those who make threats.
It is the right of the people, at large, to keep and bear guns. And, you as an individual have the right to a gun -- unless you do something to restrict that right.
Like, make a threat.
The gun is an instrument of death. With the gun, comes the ability to kill. Do we say everybody in society should be given the ability to kill? Those with mental disabilities? Those who threaten others? If the gun is too much a responsibility for you, the gun should be taken away. Some have compared this to the right to drive a car. While the gun is an instrument of death, the car is but an instrument of travel. If we are to be careful with who we give the right to drive, we should be even more careful who we give the right to kill.
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