Second Amendment

In light of the recent senseless slayings in Colorado, I stopped again to wonder when Americans would take a serious look at gun regulation. First let's examine the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, written when the definition of arms included muskets, hatchets, knives, swords, spears, bows & arrows and rocks.

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.

So, people in the Militia, should be armed to keep foreign governments from forcing their laws and rules upon them. And, in the event of an attack from some foreign entity, the people, who are members of the Militia by birth, can gather their arms and secure their free State.

Does anyone really believe the brilliant people who penned the Constitution ever imagined a world where automatic rifles and grenades and bazookas and rocket launchers would be part of one's personal arsenal? I think not.

Let's look at the phrase, "guns don't kill people, people kill people." Actually, guns rarely kill people, bullets kill people. So, even for those in blinders who claim automatic rifles are for hunting and target shooting, ignoring the mental erection they get every time they fire their weapons, there should be some semblance of intellect that tells them magazine clips with 30 or more rounds are at the least unnecessary to get your rocks off at the range and is definitely overkill to gather meat for the family weekend at the cabin.

And do not all Americans possess the right to not bear arms and still feel safe in their theater, or school, or political gathering? While crazy people will still show up and use their legally obtained sporting equipment meant for their act of duty in the Militia, and possibly kill people in a crowd, their carnage could be limited with sensible legislation that does not infringe upon the gun bearer's rights.

To further deter mass murderers from seeking notoriety, we could pass legislation under a terrorism clause that any person who takes the lives of more than one person at any single event never have their name offered to the public. Seal their identity and you may take away their incentive. Besides being  homicidal maniac, completely out of their minds or under an extreme narcotic influence, what other motivation can these mass murderers have than infamy and notoriety?

If legislators are too afraid of the NRA to take away extreme weaponry or outrageous magazine clips, then take away their fame and identity.

But for God's sake - DO SOMETHING!

Peace - Ho'oponopono . . .