Reply #: "The Constitution" is a living document. The Second Amendment itself

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was part of a change to what was originally "The Constitution." Over the years, many such changes have been necessary--to abolish slavery, or grant voting rights to women, for example.

Something is horribly wrong in this country. Mass murders, school shootings, murder-suicides, rage killings . . . all are daily occurrences in the US. Many murders that would be screaming national headlines anywhere else in the world don't even make the news in the US. The common denominator in this epidemic of carnage is guns. Are guns the only factor? No. Guns are part of a culture of violence that has evolved here over a long time. But removing guns (or at least easy access to them) would be an important start to cleaning up our problem. Close the gun show loophole and other loopholes. Require recurring licensing more like cars. Impose much harsher penalties for gun crimes. Like it or not, something needs to change, probably starting with the absurd gun-nut libertarian interpretation of the Second Amendment.