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I wasn't going to respond because I was enjoying the intellectual discussion on this topic. I have to strongly disagree with CH and Clyde. The greatest freedom we have in this country is the freedom to make our own decisions whether they be right, wrong or indifferent. I am not going to discuss the merits of 2A as I suspect we all agree gun ownership is embedded in the heart of our Constitution. In fact 1A thru 10A was added by the framers to further clarify items they felt were not appropriately covered in the main body.
As for Clyde's points, there is no relevent correllation to the number of guns purchased and terrorism. As far as I know there have been no domestic acts of terrorism involving guns. The Unabomber used homemade supplies and nails, Oklahoma City was every day regular fertilizer and even 9-11 hijackers used box cutters. Are we going to open a national registry for purchasing nails, fertilizer and box cutters at Home Depot? Or are we going to limit buying only 2 boxes of nails for a 30 day period?
As for CH's points, I'm not sure what is his point. Gun ownership has already been restricted by banning assault rifles, large capaciy clips, bayonet lugs and automatic weapons. 2A is not an open deal to buy any gun you desire. The price being paid is to deal with the consequence of a miniscule number of individuals who misuse their responsibility rather than to eliminate the right completely. We deal with drunk drivers all the time but would we eliminate the ability to purchase cars? 1A means in order to get a free press, ability of expression and assembly we must put up with the undesireable byproduct of pornography.
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