Repeal and replace the second amendment [View all]
We didn't do anything after Newtown, Columbine, Va. Tech, Parkland, Mandalay Bay, or countless other mass shootings. We won't do anything now.
The only way is to play a long game:repeal and replace the second amendment.
The second amendment gives the right to keep and bear arms but does so in the context of the need for a well-regulated militia. Somehow, "well-regulated" has been lost in translation.
The founding fathers considered enslaved Black people to be 3/5 of a person; did not grant suffrage to women; tolerated slavery; and thought that whoever came in second in the election should be Vice President. They made mistakes. They weren't perfect. The Constitution was not graven on stone tablets by the hand of God, nor was it ever designed to be a suicide pact. It needs to be changed.
Modifying the second amendment to regulate firearms sales and ownership makes sense in modern society. I would point to the Pro-Life/Pro-Forced Birth movement that has made itself a persistent, constant pain in the ass for 50 years. This issue can be won with the same level of commitment. It's a national security issue; a crime issue; a terrorism issue; a suicide issue; a domestic violence issue; an education issue. Mostly, it's a life issue. I've lost a family member and a coworker to gun violence. If America can tell a woman she's not free to use her uterus as she pleases, and America can tell us we can't say "gay", then America can damn well tell people they don't have the God-given right to blow children's heads off.
Thank you for reading this. Pray for our nation.
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