Rethinking The 2nd Amendment
The only gun I’ve ever owned was a short barreled shot gun Steve and I had when we lived aboard our sailboat. Knowing that drug runners were getting more aggressive, our plan, if ever needing one, was to blow a big hole in the other guy’s boat, preferably at the waterline. We were not going for finesse. I gave the gun to Patty and Mike during my divorce. I feared Stephanie getting hurt more than our being set on by any burglars. However, I have remained a supporter of the right of Americans to bear arms, unfettered, with the belief that we citizens would use that right responsibility. No more. We aren’t capable of it. Once again, a young man bought guns legally, then used them to mow down 19 elementary school children and 2 teachers. While he did this, the local Texas police dithered. I am not pointing a finger at the cops. The gunman had a plan; the officials could only react to his chaos. That is a recipe for failure. The Republicans are saying it was mental illness, the Democra...