What is the real problem?

[Procrustus]

@Clothahump

Gun control is not a problem. Never has been, never will be. It’s a strawman issue raised by liberals to increase the reach of Big Government.

If “weapon” control were truly an issue, then anything that could be used as a club or that has a sharp side or pointy end would be in the control list. Far more people have been killed with clubs and knives than by firearms.

While the merits of gun control can be debated, I don’t think any of the advocates are doing it “to increase the reach of Big Government.” That’s crazy talk.

[Shodan]

@PatrickLondon

How do those who think their Constitution so defective that it could produce such a government square that with the notion that the Second Amendment to it cannot possibly be defective?

The Founding Fathers did not think it was impossible that any of the Constitution was defective. If they did, they would not have provided for a process to amend it.

If the one is necessary because of the potential defects of the other, isn’t that an argument for dealing with those defects first?

Of course you should deal with the defects, or attempt to, without shooting anyone. Hence the guarantee of the right of the people to petition the government for redress of grievances. The Second Amendment is there, in part, for when the government ignores your petition, even though you are in the majority. Or at least to raise the opportunity costs of oppression - make it harder, more expensive, and harder to sweep under the rug.

Regards,
Shodan

[ElvisL1ves]

@Shodan

he Second Amendment is there, in part, for when the government ignores your petition, even though you are in the majority. Or at least to raise the opportunity costs of oppression - make it harder, more expensive, and harder to sweep under the rug.

That statement is not supported by history or even the rest of the Constitution. Rather, the military is established, in part, to *suppress *insurrections by people who are disgruntled with their failures in the democratic process. Those who think the system just stinks and needs replacing, if they do indeed have the majority, can call for a convention and do just that.