2nd Ammendment Rights: Should Guns Be Banned?

[srawls]

I would much rather employ due process rather than a firearm.

True, as would most gun-owners. But, someone threatening your life sure doesn't want to employ due process, and then, a gun can be helpful for self-defense. Afterall, if a crimnal merely knows you have a gun, some confrontations can be avoided. I believe it was FDR who said "speak softly and carry a big stick."

Also, I believe you are missing the point. The second amendment gives us all a right to bear arms, and it gives us one reason (the well regulated militia) that we have that right. I for one don't believe that a well regulated militia is the ONLY reason we should have the right to bear arms, and I'm sure the framers didn't either. That being the case, just because you are of opinion that the justification clause (the well regulated millitia part) no longer holds, that is not a reason in and of itself to ban guns. I have yet to hear a logical reason why guns should not be allowed.

For now, I'll skip over the debate about wheater or not the second ammendment is an individual right or not, and even ignore the argument that the nullification of the justification clause should cause the nullification of the operative clause (the one that gives us the right to bear arms). Instead, I'll pose a question: Why do you believe guns should be banned? What reason can you give that would impel one to give up his liberty to bear arms?

Stephen