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Originally Posted by BBJW
Gene- Saying firearms kill people is like saying a spoon makes you fat. The Second Amendment was put there to protect the rest of the Constitution. And David...the people are the militia. You can't pick and choose how to interpret the entire Constitution. David, I hope I'm wrong, but I seriously doubt you would fight to protect any part of the Constitution since you would just interpret it to suit your need. Well said Gonzalo. I'm thru with this thread.
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Making comments about my character based on my interpretation of a constitutional amendment is both unnecessary and uncalled for. You see any individual as part of a "well regulated militia", i do not. Please don't lower yourself to making judgement calls on what i am willing to fight for just because i am unwilling to fight for your right to own a semi-automatic weapon.
Sorry it pisses you off that people disagree with you, but hey, that's my right. Aren't you interested in fighting for it?
He's a nice little story lifted right out of today's newspaper. Right here in my fair city a 17 yr. old is on trial for killing his mother and shooting his father. Seems when he was 16 he went out and bought a video game against his parents orders. When they found out the father, a minister, took the game away and put it in a lock box with his 9mm hand gun. Well, the kid found the box, pried it open, went into the living room and told his mom and his right reverend dad to close their eyes because he had a surprise for them. Bang, bang, now mommy's dead and Rev. Dad is shot in the head. The kid could get life without parole. I guess it was his right, but why a minister feels the need to own a hand gun i do not exactly know. I guess he did the right thing keeping it locked up, but that still didn't help. Yep, guns don't kill people, people do, but i would be willing to bet that if the kid didn't find the gun when he retrieved his video game that mommy might just be alive today. From all reports the kid is really sorry for what he did. If the means were absent at his moment of anger this tragedy might have never occurred. So much for a "well regulated militia".
