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...position of the nation’s top crime fighter, wants to liberalize federal firearm policy. A good attorney general would work to take the country in exactly the opposite direction. America needs tougher laws to keep weapons away from criminals and children, ban handguns and create a national gun registry to keep track of weapons and their owners...
...obstacle to taking these steps goes beyond Ashcroft’s hard-line policy. The vague wording of the Second Amendment leaves open the possibility that a future Supreme Court will reinterpret the Constitution the way Ashcroft does. The amendment has the potential to obstruct future federal gun control legislation that could prevent thousands of needless deaths. Therefore, the American people and the individual states should vocally push for the repeal of the Second Amendment...
Repealing a constitutional amendment is not an action to be taken lightly; America is obviously a nation that prides itself on the rights and freedoms of individuals. But the time has come for the U.S. to weigh the right to bear arms against the right to be free from gun violence in schools, workplaces and city streets. Over 13,000 people were killed by guns in 1998, not including suicides, which would more than double that number. While a right to bear arms may have made sense in early America, it is hardly necessary now. Americans are protected internationally...
...Second Amendment has never been incorporated to apply to the individual states under the Fourteenth Amendment, leaving states with more freedom to regulate guns than the federal government. But much of the regulation needed on this issue must come at the federal level; it is far too easy for criminals to cross state lines to purchase guns at currently unregulated gun shows. Repealing the Second Amendment would remove an obstacle to increased, comprehensive federal legislation...
Americans’ safety does not necessitate the total elimination of guns; many Americans use guns safely and responsibly. Rather, America should view gun use, much like automobile use, as a privilege—not as a right. This shift would allow the federal regulation necessary to reduce crime and save thousands of lives. The Constitution is a cherished document, but there are provisions to amend it to change with the times...