Dec 21 2012: It seems to me that the problem is deeper than any amendment or even guns themselves. What is it in American culture that makes shooting, or threatening to shoot, someone you disagree with, an acceptable attitude? Why have the solutions to perceived threats been reduced to, what to an outsider like me (I'm Canadian) seems like a siege mentality? Yes there are dangerous people around, even in Canada, but the only lasting solutions are the ones that address the underlying problems whether they come from attitudes of entitlement, poverty, fear, anger or psychosis. The only lasting solutions are the ones that enable people to know each other, share their resources, know that they belong, and have their fundamental needs met. As long as a society is guided by a belief that only the strong have rights and an "I'll bet mine before you get yours" attitude, there will be no peace or true security.
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A comment on Conversation: Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?
A comment on Conversation: Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?