Reply #59: Several comments about your posts here

[Mr. Blonde]

First, the decision says the government is still able to regulate the arms available and to whom. Just like freedom of speech, the right to bear arms is not absolute. One can easily see that that would mean that nuclear arms would be regulated. As is where you can take your weapons.

You say the second amendment only mattered during the revolutionary war. The revolutionary war ended in 1783, the second amendment came into effect in 1791. Probably didn't do us much good during the war. Although you could probably make a case for the British guarantee of the right to bear arms as coming back to bite them in the ass something serious.

You say we need to eliminate guns from our society. How do you propose going about doing that? Obviously to eliminate it we will have to get an amendment going to nullify the second amendment. Regardless of what you think of its meaning it will have to be removed to begin rounding up guns. It is probably unlikely that we will be able to shut down our weapons manufacturers though as our armed forces will still need them. Or do you think we need to disband the military as well?

Finally, we have to go to every house in the country and ask them to turn over their weapons. I don't envy whatever agent gets that job. As scary as it would probably be for them in LA, imagine doing it in the sticks of the midwest and western states. You have all of those conspiracy theorists stockpiling guns in anticipation of such an event. That would be a massive, expensive and ultimately fruitless endeavor.

Not to mention, what about people who like to hunt. And the fact that it kind of keeps things in balance. There are deer everywhere here, the last thing I want is for their population to explode. My mom used to go to work and come home at dark. She hit 4 deer during that time. The last thing I want is for that number to increase.

Eliminating guns will not happen.