
Originally Posted by
Edwina's Secretary
In SoCal a police officer - who I assume was trained in firearm safety - did something rather unsafe. His three year old son in the back seat of his pickup grabbed his service revolver and shot dad in the back. Dad is paralyzed and is -- of course -- suing all sorts of people, inlcuding a client of mine. This will probably be the last straw for my client and they will go out of business. Being trained in firearm safety does not guarantee anything. But then someone will have to pay for the son's therapy.
If the intent of the Founding Fathers is considered infallible, wouldn't that mean the slavery of black people, the disenfranchisement of women, just to name a few of the changes of the last 200 years?
The Constitution is a living document -- or at least so I hope!
This is a shame. However, this is dad's fault, not the gun. Especially considering he was a Police Officer.
We can be free or we can be "safer". I choose free. The things you mentioned being changed allowed for more freedom. Banning firearms will REMOVE freedom. Without a way to resist tyranny, we are nothing but chattle.
Besides, a Consitutional Amendment to ban something? A dangerous precedent, eh? Just as I would oppose an amendment to repeal the 2nd Amendment, I would also oppose an amendment to 'define' marriage or to ban abortion.
Our Constitution should set us free, not limit us.
"Unlike most of you, I am not a nut."
- Homer Simpson
"If the enemy opens the door, you must race in."
- Sun Tzu - Art of War
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