A comment from 17 years ago outlines the modern "leftist" agenda?
Sure it does...
That said, see the context. They don't want to brainwash people against guns to enforce gun control. They want to brainwash people against guns to include CRIMINALS who may use guns - a step toward removing guns as a resource for criminals, therefore removing the need for them in self defense situations. Guns themselves brainwash people - they provide a sense of security in a weapon which when used can be incredibly dangerous. And people sure have been brainwashed to believe guns are this eternal good with illogical phrases like "guns don't kill people, people kill people". Of course people kill people. But people are much more likely to kill people, and much more able to kill people, with a gun, as opposed to a different weapon. All guns were designed to kill, most guns were designed to kill people - you don't go hunting with a handgun. Are you honestly trying to argue that humanity is much better for the innovation of guns? That's what sets the 2nd Amendment apart from the others, and makes it more controversial. All of the other original amendments are philosophical - saying you have a right to something you are born with - speech, being treated respectfully, being aware of your powers, to believe how you wish. None of the originals give you a right to own a modern, man-made invention. And that the Bill of Rights would state that you have a right to bear arms - before your right to food, shelter, clothes, water, health and medication, education, relationships, family, or anything which is much more necessary to human survival - you have the right to own a gun. How do you not see this as wrong and controversial? I think some people set the Founding Fathers on too high a pedestal - yes, they founded the country. This doesn't put them above making bad decisions. The 2nd Amendment was written at a time directly following the Revolutionary War, and a time when people weren't allowed to have guns to avoid rebellion. It was written specifically to pander to that.
Nowadays, that isn't the issue, with the invention of weapons far more dangerous than guns. Now this "right" - granted with no religious influence, purely cultural - is used just as a means to own guns for "self defense" in the handful of cases where it's used for that purpose (or in the case of some guns, hunting, something which I have no issue with). You can argue all day about how much the 2nd Amendment grants, but the real question should be, is the 2nd Amendment still necessary? Should it really be considered a "right" when so many others things, far more necessary to people, AREN'T included as "rights"?
