The "LDub and the Second Admendment" Story

It was an ordinary day. Checking out the letter to the editor of the Lancaster newspaper which was written by Samuel B. Nelson of Mount Joy, Lancaster County, PA. He had many points to make about gun control and the Second Amendment, some of which I agree with, but also some which I don't agree with. Seems to be how most people feel today. Being either for or against gun control is no longer the issue, but more to the point is how much gun control should be allowed. I believe that most would agree as I do that there is no reason at all to own any type of assault rifle or assult handgun or to own a 100-round magazine. I don't believe that when our founding fathers wrote the Second Amendment they had any idea that the weaponry that is available today would ever exist. I think that the reason for the Second Amendment, as did Mr. Nelson, had nothing to do with hunting, target shooting and only slightly to do with personal protection. I believe that their primary concern was to ensure that the people had the ability to overthrow a tyrannical government. They wanted the citizens of the USA to have access to weapons to defend their liberty. I don't believe that reasonable gun control would effect that in the slightest. When I taught school, I was the coach of the high school rifle team for 5 years and was also a member of the NRA. The rifles which we used were .22 caliber rifles and we used them to shoot at targets. The same type of rifle can be used for small game hunting. But, what is the reason for allowing people to buy automatic weapons that can discharge ammo in such a rapid amount. NONE! Certainly not for the sport of hunting. I can see how our armed services need weapons such as that to defend out country, but the average citizen should have no need for them. Maybe if they were outlawed or extremely to hard to come by it might have saved the mass destruction of human life that has happened so often in the last few years. Some will argue that it isn't the gun that killed the people, but the person with the gun. I agree, but if he didn't have access to the assault weapon I doubt that he could have killed as many with a knife or club. Mr. Nelson is a true conservative. He says that if guns cause crime, then pencils misspell words, cars commit accidents and spoons make us fat. Come on Mr. Nelson. Pencils do misspell words when used by a poor speller and cars do cause accidents when driven by someone texting. Same as guns cause crime when used by crazy people and if the gun happens to discharge 100 bullets in rapid action it leads to mass murders. I feel there has to be some reasonable gun control to eliminate this huge loss of life. I hope you agree and I hope our state government does something about it before we have another tradegy. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.