Guns And Gun Violence
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
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I hear opponents of regulation cite the constitutional protection of firearms ownership as the basis for rejecting firearms regulations. I personally don't subscribe to that theory. When the framers drafted that language, they were contemplating the possession of black powder guns, and they were concerned about an overly powerful central government ignoring the will of the people, necessitating armed resistance.
I wonder if they would have included protections for the possession of fully automatic weapons, or bullets designed to pierce the vests worn by law enforcement officers. I'm no conspiracy theorist, so you can't sell me on the idea that I need that kind of protection from our local police.
I'm looking for the logical, rational public policy debate on this question. Don't trot out the line of victims as an excuse to implement poorly conceived public policy.
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