Due to the horrific events of this past weekend, I refer you to an earlier blogpost:
A Place for Common Sense: Gun Control
At Merry Mount, we practice gun control. We own guns and we make sure that the guns
are under our control.
Gun violence
is out of control in the United States.
Mass shootings have become an almost daily occurrence.
I propose a common sense solution to the
problem. Here are the “bullet” points
(bad choice of word):
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Write an amendment to the 2nd amendment updating it
to the 21st Century
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Stop the manufacture of automatic guns
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Do not attempt to confiscate the many automatic guns
owned by private citizens, instead, implement a national gun buy back program
that creates an incentive to return automatic guns
•
Educate our children (yes, brainwash them) to respect the
dignity of every human so that the
thought of taking a life becomes repulsive
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Promote peace, not war.
I am not naïve.
The initiative that I posit would not happen overnight. It would probably take three or more generations. Let’s examine each point.
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Write an amendment to the 2nd amendment updating it
to the 21st Century
Amendment II of the
United States Constitution reads:
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 Gun Lobby's interpretation of the Second Amendment is one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word fraud, on the American People by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime. The real purpose of the Second Amendment was to ensure that state armies - the militia - would be maintained for the defense of the state. The very language of the Second Amendment refutes any argument that it was intended to guarantee every citizen an unfettered right to any kind of weapon he or she desires."
Retired Chief Justice Warren Burger, "The Right to Bear Arms," Parade Magazine, January 14, 1990.
Retired Chief Justice Warren Burger, "The Right to Bear Arms," Parade Magazine, January 14, 1990.
I refer you to:
https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2017-08-28/so-about-well-regulated-militia-part-constitution
Considering the present ability of Americans to
buy and possess weapons capable of multiple human casualties, I posit that the
writers of the 2nd amendment are guilty of creating language that is
too ambiguous and should be amended.
But let’s try to interpret their meaning. I believe that the first phrase establishes a
context for a body or group of people, who by their very intent, are brought
together to secure a state against tyranny.
It is only toward that intent that the people (plural, not individuals) have the right to arm themselves,
so not to be placed under tyranny.
The 2nd amendment, therefore, gives
the people of our country the right to prepare for war, not to allow
individuals the right to possess weapons capable of multiple human casualties.
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Stop the manufacture of automatic guns
Pass legislation making it illegal to manufacture
automatic guns. If leaders of Congress,
like McConnell, refuses to bring the bill to the floor, galvanize the populace
and force him to.
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Do not attempt to confiscate the many automatic guns
owned by private citizens, instead, implement a national gun “buy back” program
that creates an incentive to return automatic guns
Common sense:
everything is for sale at the right price.
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Educate our children (yes, brainwash them) to respect the
dignity of every human so that the
thought of taking a life becomes repulsive
Cut the “defense budget” (a misnomer) by 75% and
redirect that money to education.
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Promote peace, not war.
Live by two biblical scriptures: 1) Thou shall not kill, and 2) Love thy neighbor as thyself.
CPW
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