Quote:Thank you Eric.


I'm all for compromise as well, the whole concept of the nation is based on compromise. And that's why I think so many on the left are honestly not looking to repeal the 2nd.


Now, as you note, the 2nd was created not for gun fanatics to collect guns, but rather to protect against foreign and domestic threats.


I read a brief history of "shay's rebellion" over the weekend. Shay's rebellion was one of the reasons for the 2nd. I'd be interested to know if you are familiar with shay's rebellion and it's impact on our constitution...

 

I'm familiar with the whiskey rebellion, and the fact that Washington didn't want a nation where every couple of years someone was marching the capital to change regimes. No one wants that, and yet Washington and the founders still found it important to keep the balance of an armed populace to an armed government. The idea or the concept of the 2nd Amendment is not dead or outdated, in fact I'd argue it's more alive now than it was even 50 years ago. 

 

You can regulate all you want so long as you don't alter the purpose of the right. And the purpose of the right is clear, an armed populace to counter an armed government. So we probably already have to many regulations on firearms, the solution isn't more of them, that would only further erode the concept of a counter balance of power.

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