I'm ashamed to say that's my hometown's paper
Here's my response:
"If people want to protect their homes they don't need an assault weapon."
Well, nobody really "needs" a religion either, but isn't nice to live in a nation where you don't have to justify which religion you practice (or don't) to anyone?
Likewise, nobody "needs" a printing press, but if you have one, you can certainly print what you like - even if that means printing the ignorance-fueled trash that passes for an editorial at the Sentinel these days.
I can imagine that right about now you're saying, "but the Founding Fathers couldn't have known we would have such powerful weapons and modern technology." Therefore, 'assault weapons' are not Constitutionally protected, right? Good point. While we're at it, we can restrict Freedom of Speech and the Press to parchment and a quill pen. Better yet, let's get rid of that damn Jehovah's Witness cult. That religion can't possibly be protected because it didn't exist in 1791, right?
Give me a break.
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ETA:
Here is a way to end the drug and gang violence, simple, and effective.
A tactical team comes upon a drug deal
THEY KILL THE DEALER AND THE BUYER!
Catch anyone with illegal drugs, they get shot!
I have never committed Rape or Murder either
Yeah, because everyone who has ever smoked a little reefer is a violent scumbag who will rape and kill you just for s***s and giggles.
Surely the 5th and 8th don't apply to such people. Who would want to own a gun for that matter? They, too, should be put to death!
I guess the right to decide for oneself what to ingest into one's own body is just a foreign concept to some people.
+1 divemedic.