To the editor: Relating to Bob Ladendorf’s latest letter to the editor, the 2nd Modification is simply effective as written (“Letters to the Editor: The patchwork of gun legal guidelines throughout the US ‘endangers us all,’” Jan. 9). However why is it that folk (and the Supreme Court docket) proceed to disregard what the 2nd Modification to the Structure really says?
It doesn’t simply say “the suitable of the individuals to maintain and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” What it says, in full, is that, “A effectively regulated Militia, being essential to the safety of a free State, the suitable of the individuals to maintain and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
So why did the patriots who wrote our Structure embrace these first 13 phrases? Although there’s been loads of debate over this (together with within the aforementioned Supreme Court docket), your English trainer may let you know these first phrases are what could be referred to as a qualifying clause or situation. And spot that the phrase “regulated” is contained in these phrases.
And nonetheless, some of us select to disregard these first 13 phrases and are vehemently against any gun regulation in any way. A number of polls point out that almost all of Americans consider that our nation ought to have extra regulation on weapons. But, considered one of our main political events chooses to observe the desires of the Nationwide Rifle Assn. over the desires of nearly all of Americans. A whole lot of Individuals die due to this, even very younger youngsters.
There’s nothing mistaken with the 2nd Modification as written. However when are all of us going to abide by the total 2nd Modification?
Craig Peterson, Santa Monica
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To the editor: I wish to reply to the 2 anti-2nd Modification letters to the editor within the Jan. 11 situation.
There must be a cease to the fixed assaults on the 2nd Modification particular person proper of the law-abiding citizen to maintain and bear arms for lawful functions, as upheld by the US Supreme Court docket in quite a lot of totally different instances.
There additionally must be a cease to the bigoted assaults on law-abiding residents who’re gun house owners or who want to turn out to be gun house owners, and the organizations that assist them.
As a counter-balance, every state ought to be required to maintain correct statistics on crimes prevented by armed, law-abiding residents. The federal authorities ought to publish the statistics annually.
David R. Russell, Santa Monica
