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Being a former volunteer firefighter, I feel the urge to speak out because this hit home! I was also in the military so our 2nd amendment has a certain meaning to me as well.
I believe in the 2nd Amendment as it was written - The Right To Bare Arms
HOWEVER,
I believe this argument about our 2nd Amendment has faults - it is our Military who fights for our Freedom...the independent person (although well intended) usually escallates a situation, or creates new conflicts. This argument is mainly in regards to the GP owning or having access to weapons/ammunition of mass destruction. I said it before - do we really need that? Look, anybody with a gun can crack at any time even a good guy with a gun, thus becoming a bad guy with a gun - still want that guy protecting our children? Really?
Tell this to the families of the fallen firefighters in upstate NY...there has to be some sort of newer laws implimented somehow to better govern/control to prevent this sort of tragedy...we may be well intended on protecting our families, children, property and so forth and rightly so - the way of the world dictates that BUT WE DID IT TO OURSELVES OVER THE YEARS! Leave those types of weapons/ammo/situations to our authorities to handle!
By no means am I saying ban guns/ammo so please don't take that out of context. Clinton put a ban on weapons and ammo of mass destruction, but that ban expired in 2004. Now, that discussion is back in discussions due to recent tragic events. I don't think we need to own weapons/ammo of mass destruction as those usually tend to lead to 1 thing - tragedies! You DONT need a semi automatic weapon or "cop killer" ammo to protect yourself. What can those do that a regular gun/ammo (not modified in any way) can not do for you? They cant be used to hunt with. They are constructed/modified for 1 purpose only!
