2nd Amendment: The Right To Kill People?, Is it time to amend the US Constitution? Options

[hardbodyactiv]

Considering that USA have more deaths by the deliberate use of firearms than all 21 affiliated countries in Europe, Canada and Australia...approximately 500,000,000 (five hundred million) people, do you not think that it is about time that the US Constitution was amended to outlaw the purchase and use of firearms and restrict their sale to private individuals only for the purpose of hunting and only allowing these to be of the shotgun or rifle variety?

Long question I know and perhaps a bit deep...but most of you will at some time or other encounter a firearm incident if you live in the Continental US and it is even more likely if you live in certain urban areas or states such as Texas, Florida, California or New York. Perhaps this is due to State in addtion to Federal legislation and also perhaps an explosive mix of different social & ethnic backgrounds.

Please don't just post yes or no as you must have a reason to give an answer


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[hardbodyactiv]

What about the fact that with less legally owned guns, with a change of legislation, there would be a substantially reduced opportunity to purchase illegal guns; obviously they will never be eradicated as they are available even here in the UK...just that their indiscriminate use is severely limited.

We all know the well-used phrase 'guns don't kill people, people kill people'. With a change of culture, it may take some time but eventually through a change in attitude through legislation and via education, any society can be altered, even one as vast as the USA.

Private gun use on so many levels and in so many ways is just wrong and definitely creates an aggressive culture. The fact that with very limited checks as a foreign citizen owning property and having a bank account in the USA, I could have recently purchased a Mach10 which fires 30 rounds/second. If I had so desired I could have purchased that gun and immediately gone on a killing spree, without ever having held a gun before. Is this right?

If it was that easy for me, how much easier is it for US citizens to buy a revolver or semi-automatic if that's their choice. And what training do they have to receive (unlike Military/Police) and what kind of mental analysis do they have to receive prior to a licence being issued?

You all know the answer to that.


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