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


Peace Out

[Heewee]

I feel like I've already responded to this topic before, maybe I just read it. I'm sort of confused by your poll and what you wrote in the topic...they seem to contradict each other. Are you asking if we should be allowed to kill people and take care of "business" however we want or are you asking if we should restrict the use of firearms? I guess I'll give my view on both questions.

First of all, an ammendment to allow people to kill each other would never EVER pass. If it did, all hell would break loose and you could say good-bye to any sort of civil life in America. I strongly, strongly am against any sort of thought of this. As Americans, we do have certain unalienable rights but those become limited when they start getting in the way of others. Theoretically, no man's rights are greater than the next....so why should they be able to decide if they can kill you or not? In addition to that, I'm sure there are many religions that would be against something like this. Even though the US doesn't have the greatest reputation right now, I think we would be asking for another war, or something close to it, if this ammendment was added

As a few others have said, restricting firearms won't do a damn thing. There are already so many laws and rules that go with them that people break, it will only drive the demand for guns upward. I would much rather see time and money well spent on something beneficial for the same types of people that would be affected, like education, rehabiliation, and the community rather than weapons.