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I would just say in response, not necessarily in disagreement, that a person capable of murdering a dozen school children probably isn’t playing with a full deck. I fully agree with you wrt accessibility being the most important issue, though.

You gave me your definition of the second amendment. Thanks, I guess.

Lol. I just mentioned the Swiss in a reply to someone else. Not how I would go about things, but, like you said, works for them. With an extra 800 bill a year, I do think we could do a better job addressing mental health issues that are, likely, the proximate cause (I can admit that). I just...

Read and understand, what?

It does make sense - see Switzerland. You’d think they would have made that (whatever you believe their intentions were) clear, in the document, when they were writing it. If, that’s indeed what they meant. “The security of a free state” means… “Militia” means… “Arms” means… It’s...

Among people that agree with you?

Fair enough. I disagree with your interpretation of 2, though. Let’s, then, disband every branch of the military, give every citizen an m16 and 1,000 rounds, and spend the remaining 800.9 billion on other worthwhile ventures. That way we’d at least be following a strict/narrow interpretation of...

Again, we can debate the purpose/intent of the 2d amendment forever. I disagree with your interpretation. Whoever is “right” though, it won’t change the facts (ie “ordinary” citizens using means of war to murder 20 school children) as they are, today. What, exactly, could China use right about...

Must’ve been Federalist 86 where Madison said “everything I write should be taken literally from now until the end of time”

Maybe I will. LOL. Be careful what you wish for. Still, I don't think you can definitively say what Madison or Jefferson would think about... anything. That's a useless exercise. Lets say, I believe, liberal as they were for their time, they would be able to realize that the specific words they...

Maybe they should? If that's your view, though, fair enough. I happen to think there are better and more practical solutions available beyond simply praying the problem away. If the only other solution (beyond thoughts and prayers) you can come up with is to make sure "good" armed guys are...

We can argue the "intent" of men dead for two and a half centuries for another two and a half centuries. Besides, the people that drafted the document in question were prescient enough to realize that their intent (such that it was in the year of our lord 1788) might be meaningless 20, 50, 250...

Agreed, a gun is a tool. A tool designed for a specific function (namely, efficient killing of humans things). That said - how does one murder 10 grocery shoppers, or 18 school children or..., in 90 seconds, without ready access to means of war? Sure, they could go the McVeigh route, fill a van...