"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state. . . ."
-United States Second Amendment-
Mr. President, I just dropped my two girls off at elementary school today. One of them is in first grade and the other is in third grade. Can you imagine what was on my mind as I looked at all the houses across the street and wondered who lived there?
We are in a national state of crisis, Sir. There is a freelance insurrection occurring nationwide. Self appointed, uncentralized, enemy rebels are appearing from within our nations ranks and committing suicide attacks against our neighbors and our children using the firepower of all the men in Shays Rebellion combined. Even our elementary schools are not safe. Like international terrorists, they are unpredictable, nearly unstoppable and they are using our own laws, our freedoms, our weapons and even our very right to defend ourselves against us. This is a national crisis every bit as real and damaging as 9/11 and it requires a national action that is just as severe in response to the threat. What can we do to meet this threat?
Mr. President, I know it is possible to create some more marginal gun regulation but I have come to believe we will never be effective at reducing the violence meaningfully this way. The Second Amendment simply makes it impossible to regulate the weapons very well. Gun defenders will quickly tell you that no limitation on guns will stop a surprise attack mass murderer. Unfortunately, I agree. It is not the gun at fault, or the amendment. It is the people who hold guns that cannot be trusted to make correct decisions.
I submit to you that regulation of guns is not enough by itself. I have been a staunch defender of the gun rights community for a long time but my children are the deal breaker for me. I want to begin looking for new ideas to tackle this issue in a completely different way. This is why I would like to point out today, that we/you DO also have every legal right to regulate the PEOPLE when it comes to national defense. It is pointed out in the very same Second Amendment and it is time that "We the People" are all called upon, en masse, to serve our nation, if only by presenting ourselves for inspection.
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