Amendment is concern

Published: Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 18, 2013 at 10:28 a.m.

Editor: OK editor, readers, parents and adults, indulge me as I respond to issues I have with the Second Amendment.

First are the words "regulated Militia" proclaimed under security as a means of protection and so forth. Second, since this amendment was adopted Dec. 15, 1791, it has come under a great deal of fire from NRA proponents as seemingly rights to bear arms. Thirdly, this same group of people has since produced a video game for 4-year-olds to play.

Meanwhile, here's my issues of concern:

(1) What's the legal age for alcohol consumption/purchase etc.?

(2) What's the legal age for issuing driving privileges?

(3) What's the law involving an underaged child gaining access to a gun that isn't locked or stored properly by an adult used in commission of a crime or carried to school, etc.?

Moreover, with that being said, why are guns being placed into underaged children's hands for hunting purposes when the third question poses the same and much more dangers to the public in my opinion? Do not the other two questions mentioned above cause as much danger as neither one of them are weapons of mass destruction as the one we witnessed in Newtown Conn., while being an unlawful act?

Finally, do firearms of any types kill people, video games or cowboys/Indian games for that matter?

In conclusion, neither of the three I mentioned — firearms, video games nor cowboys/Indian games — can be totally blamed or can they? In the real world, it seems to be the conscience of the power of perhaps little Johnny or cute Susie didn't understand the power of assault guns when they were too very young to be introduced to the killing power placed in their hands rather than what they were really meant for under the Second Amendment. Does this register?

Lynard Williams



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