t of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The Supreme Court made clear in its 1939 case decision of U.S. vs. Miller, that the 2nd Amendment doesn’t protect possession of a firearm unless there exists some type of reasonable relationship in preserving a militia. Currently, the National Guard is regarded as today’s form of militia. (gunfree.org) Also equally impressive is that in all Supreme and Federal courts, since the Miller decision, no gun control laws have been shot down on the case of the 2nd Amendment. And particularly lower federal courts have never supported firearm possession as being a fundamental and individual citizen right. (gunfree.org) Although it is true that the constitution is a fundamental part of our history and country, “the framers of the Constitution more than 200 years ago couldn’t possibly have foreseen the multitude of high tech guns, their widespread availability and the violent culture we now live in that is sadly desensitized toward injury and death (Tampa Bay Business Journal 62).” We must all realize that “rather than protecting us from potential tyranny – as our forefathers imagined – guns now threaten the very survival of the nation’s citizens and communities (Rosen 179).” I’m not against the constitution, but using the 2nd amendment which was created during a different societal time frame, to justify gun rights, is one of the reasons that “among the world’s 36 wealthiest nations, the U.S. has the highest rate of gun deaths through suicide, murder and accidents (America 3).” Do you think handguns or any firearm is a good way to defend yourself? If so, than think again. If you keep a handgun in your house for defending the home and family, than you are five times more likely to experience a suicide and three times more likely to experience a homicide than compared to those people without guns in...
