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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
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To: TimF who wrote (1840)10/9/2000 5:58:49 PM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (2) of 10042
 
The interpretation of this phrase, of course, is exactly where the pros and the cons part company. It seems to me that the inclusion of the phrase "A wellreg. militia being necessary", explains the reasoning why the amendment was written at all- why every man's right to bear arms had to be protected.

You say this yourself- that the militia was made up of men who provided their own arms-- thus to remove arms from any man was to weaken the militia.

It is a confusingly worded amendment- perhaps it wasn't then- but it certainly is now, and I bet if they could have seen into the future- the FF would have made it more clear!
Much more legally astute minds than ours have argued this without resolution.

Regulation- not total control- seems to me a viable solution. We regulate many things that are potentially dangerous. Someone said swimming pools kill more children than guns. Well-- There ARE regulations for swimming pools-- they need to be fenced and they need to have gates that latch. Public pools are inspected regularly for disease. Cars kill more children- well ok- we sure do what we can to prevent that, too- from demanding licenses, making carseats and seatbelts required, we have speed limits, and insurance requirements.
We demand a certain accountability, a standard to be met. Is this wrong? I don't want the government saying no one can have a gun any more than I want it telling me what I can do with my body, but I am willing to submit to certain reasonable restrictions.
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