The Partisan Divide on Issues

[David Horn]

(02-20-2021, 12:18 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: I do see the Second as having room for a decent compromise if both sides were willing to compromise.  That won’t happen as long as the blues cling to what is left of the Jim Crow precedents, and the reds cling to the original meaning of the Second.  A new Second with a guaranteed individual right to keep and bear civilian arms with a clear definition of the difference between a civilian and military arm could be written, but it doesn’t have a chance as long as both sides hope for their extreme points of view.

Is there justification for a Constitutional right to bear arms today? I fail to see it myself. Nations that take this issue much more seriously than we do have much lower levels of firearm violence. We don't need to have them banned to have them under reasonable control. We take automobiles much more seriously, and they are the backbone of our mobility. Firearms are of much less utility, yet we place them in a protected class. It's nonsense on stilts.