Guns keep on killing Americans, as this article tells us.
With roughly one gun per person throughout the country, is it any wonder?
The NRA would tell you that guns don't kill people - people kill people. That's just playing with semantics. The fact is, people can't be trusted with guns because not all of us are responsible and trustworthy. Even those who are don't always remain so, and those who aren't shouldn't be allowed the capability of hurting themselves or others around them. It's called 'common sense' and it is apparently the most uncommon thing around these days, especially in the USA, where the Constitution's Second Amendment has been mistaken for the word of Almighty God on the subject.
The Second Amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights, which is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. And 1791 was 221 years ago. The French Revolution was in full swing, and had been for two years. Sex had been invented, but it would be another 31 years before anyone could photograph it. And it would be another 44 years before Sam Colt patented his famous revolver and 75 years before Winchester introduced the repeating rifle. See where I'm going with this? It was one hell of a long time ago when that Second Amendment was adopted, and the world of 1791 was a very different place than it is today. Back then, the Pope wasn't even considered infallible. It would be another 79 years before he was considered any better than the rest of us two-faced lyin' bastards. Things were different then. Very different. America has come a long way since then. Isn't it time its gun laws caught up with the rest of it?
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