Gun Rights

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/washington/27scotus.html?_r=1&ref=washington&oref=slogin

I agree that we should have the right to bear arms, but sometimes I think that we uphold the laws of the original Constitution to too much standard.


Just because our founding fathers wrote it in the Constitution, we need to realize that we have evolved and need to adapt to new times. I do think that we should be able to have weapons, and like the current strict regulations we have in place. However, I think our government should put stricter regulations on the companies who make the weapons. I am amazed in how easily people get access to semi-automatic weapons, and how many various types there are. If government enforced that a very small standard type of gun be created for protection purposes only, then I think people would have less opportunity to have mass murders like in Columbine and Virginia Tech. There is no reason for automatic weapons to even be made unless for the military.

I think instead of trying to determine whether the Second Amendment made hundreds of years ago actually meant that we should be allowed weapons for personal use or only militia, we should determine what we, in today's era, think is right. Do "we the people" of today feel that citizens should be allowed the right to own a handgun for protection? I understand that we need a set rule-book to fall back on, but I think we should spend more time on deciding what makes sense, rather than trying to interpret what our founding fathers meant.