If the "Founding Fathers" had known what was going to happen.......NO AMENDMENT 2... [View all]

Amendment 2....

"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."

Remember no police force then.. No assembly lines to manufacture guns..(or anything else)..Who had guns?
...adult males. No wide spread availability of guns....

Most important. The writers of the "Bill of Rights" could not for see that the 13 states, would become 50 states, and guns would be the problem they are today. The founding fathers could not for see that guns
would be available everywhere, cheap, easy to get, anyone can shoot and kill. It was a different time & place in the 1790s.

I believe if founding fathers knew what was going to happen: THEY WOULD HAVE restricted gun availability only to adults with training and knowledge of them...

It was 13 states, minor power in the world. Britain & France were the major powers in the world at that time. It was impossible to see that this new country would become the 3rd most populous country in the world, with more guns per person, on average, than anywhere else. Who could afford a gun? OR A RIFLE? WERE THERE HAND GUNS THEN?.
AND NO POLICE FORCES EXISTED IN MAJOR CITIES...did they?. Rifles were very expensive and limited. (hand made)

Think about the times in the 1790s as compared to today...Also: Media portrayal of guns, killing etc.has something to do with it. Think about the so called media then. It was newspapers only, & word of mouth...

NO TV, MOVIES, RADIO, VIDEO GAMES, ETC, ETC, ETC.