Real Gun Control Without Changing the Second Amendment by Jim Horton

The majority of Americans are sick and tired of the “Talk Crap, No Act” of our Government when it comes to gun control of semi-automatic weapons termed Assault weapons which have now proliferated our streets and brought daily fear into our everyday lives.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) are deep into the pockets of those in Washington who care more about their quality of life with the old mighty dollar than of the lives of us Americans they were sworn into office to support and defend.

You know the same old argument about the Second Amendment to the U. S. Constitution that reads “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

The Second Amendment was adopted to the U.S. Constitution in 1791. Common guns in this era included muskets and flintlock pistols. The musket being the most advanced at this time had a one-round magazine capacity, and it could fire around three effective rounds per minute in the hands of a skilled wielder.

Semi-Automatic (Assault) rifles of today’s era are lethal and dangerous with rounds per minute rates and magazine capacities out of this world. The ammunition fired from these weapons are manufactured to kill with one shot based on how the rounds egress from the barrel and travel to their intended targets.

It’s just common sense now that after 228 years since the Founding Fathers adopted the Second Amendment as part of the Bill of Rights, talk stops and REAL ACTION is taken immediately. Not something like the banning of bump stocks to appease the few, quit blowing smoke up our ass. Did this stop the latest massacres in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio or any of the other mass shootings in America?

To think anything beyond attaching an amendment to the Second Amendment will do anything to stop the senseless killing of innocent Americans going about their normal lives is just Ludacris.

Semi-Automatic (Assault) Weapons, High Capacity Magazines and One Shot, One Kill type ammunition have no place to be in today’s society except on a shooting range and in the hands of our military and law enforcement. I’m retired military and I don’t want my right to bear arms taken away, I am not recommending this.

Wake the HELL UP Washington! Get your head out of your 4th point of contact (in Army Paratrooper Terms, that’s your ASS). Since, you cannot seem to come to a logical answer that appeases everyone, I have an idea that would appease everyone, to include the NRA, your money-minded mercenaries of the NRA holding office in Washington and for all the gun owners or those who wish to purchase guns in the future.

My Proposal for Resolution:

Amend the Second Amendment mandating where these Semi-Automatic (Assault) Weapons, High Capacity Magazines and One Shot, One Kill type ammunition can be stowed. Not changing the Second Amendment, it can still be in play and prospective owners or current owners of Semi-Automatic (Assault) weapons can still have the rights to own these types of weapons. The only change would be to how they and where they are stored. You don’t need this type of weapon in your home for protection when pistols, revolvers and shotguns will do the trick.

Make it a Federal law of these types of killing devices not to be allowed in homes or on the streets. For those already owning these types of weapons, ammo or magazines, they would have to register them into and stow these at a Federally regulated shooting range. For those wanting to purchase these types of weapons, ammo or magazines, they could be bought and then shipped/delivered by the store/manufacture through a regulated means to the Federally regulated shooting range of customer’s choice, where it all would be registered and secured at the shooting range weapons storage facility or armory such as the military or law enforcement. At no time would these types of semi-automatic products be allowed to be removed from federally regulated shooting ranges.

Federal law would go into effect upholding this and all current semi-automatic gun owners would have 30 days to comply with registration and stowage of these products into a Federally regulated shooting range of their choice. Before the law is enacted, Federal background checks would be initiated to discover all possible owners of said products allowing officials to confiscate products and charge those with a Federal crime who did not comply. Allow all others who illegally own these types of products, the same amount of time, 30 days to turn them into Federal authorities at predetermined locations through a massive buyback program with no questions asked within that time line.

Those weapons, ammo and high capacity products bought back by the Government could then be redistributed to the military and law enforcement. After the timeline, anyone caught owning these types of products on their person, at home or on the streets will be charged with a Federal crime and have those products confiscated. Confiscated products again get redistributed to the military and law enforcement.

This keeps the Second Amendment intact. The Federal law is required based on the new production of high-powered weapons since the adoption of the Second Amendment into the Bill of Rights, 228 years ago. People still have the right to own and bear arms with pistols, revolvers, shotguns and rifles. And, they still have the right to own the Semi-Automatic (Assault) type weapons, ammo and high capacity magazines, it’s just a matter of where they are stored.

The Manufactures can still produce these types of weapons, The NRA can still promote the sale of these weapons, Americans can still buy these types of weapons and Washington CAN FINALLY TAKE REAL ACTION!