{"id":2681,"date":"2009-04-17T18:12:04","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T01:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2009\/04\/17\/is-the-second-amendment-obsolete\/"},"modified":"2009-04-17T18:12:04","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T01:12:04","slug":"is-the-second-amendment-obsolete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2009\/04\/17\/is-the-second-amendment-obsolete\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Second Amendment Obsolete?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"secondI published a post last February entitled Understanding the Second Amendment<\/a>. Although I wrote it months ago, I got a comment the other day in which the author decided the second amendment was obsolete and should be repealed:<\/p>\n

altrurian<\/strong> said,
\nApril 16, 2009 @ 14:51:18 PDT \u00b7 Edit<\/p>\n

I agree with the irrefutable parsing of the amendment that you have provided. It seems rather straight forward. It just doesn\u2019t have relevance anymore. You can\u2019t make that argument about any of the other amendments in the \u201cBill\u201d. 320 million folks \u201cbearing\u201d arms is unthinkable. Get real.<\/p>\n

Surely even you recognize the ludicracy of the epithet \u201canti-gun\u201d. Who in their right mine[sic] wouldn\u2019t be against, in the abstract sense, an artifact designed to kill.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s repeal the thing on its face value and get on with it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I felt that this needed an answer and wrote the following response:<\/p>\n

\nCap’n Bob<\/strong> said,
\nApril 16, 2009 @ 17:47:51 PDT \u00b7 Edit<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just doesn\u2019t have relevance anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Let me point out that these very arguments were used in the recent D.C. vs. Heller Case before the Supreme court, i.e. the Washington D.C. gun ban. The majority found in favor of the defendant and it is again legal to possess firearms in D.C. for home protection. Think about it and you will find this is a good thing (hint: find out the average response times for 911 calls).<\/p>\n

\u201c320 million folks \u201cbearing\u201d arms is unthinkable. Get real.\u201d<\/p>\n

For you, perhaps. For me (and millions of other Americans), a person trained in the use and application of firearms who regularly drills and does target practice it\u2019s not \u201cunthinkable.\u201d I have military training and have owned guns for over 45 years. I have a permit to carry a loaded concealed handgun in more than half the states in the union (including Minnesota). My weapons have never leaped into my hands and caused me to do harm to anyone or anything other than taking game and fending off varmints.<\/p>\n

\u201can artifact designed to kill\u201d<\/p>\n

My guns are designed for protection, defense, hunting and sport. Any other definition is \u201can artifact of your perception.\u201d Who \u201cin their right mind\u201d would deprive me (and millions of other Americans) of those purposes?<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s repeal the thing on its face value and get on with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

I say that we keep the Bill of Rights intact, and allow those not comfortable with it move north of the 49th parallel, where they don\u2019t have such a pesky artifact. \u201cGet on with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

I would have to say that your nom de plume, derived from altruism, a selfless concern for the welfare of others, does not fit your agenda when it comes to personal defense and the protection of liberty.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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