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The Right to Bear Arms? (B. John Kunthara)

Published on 16 February, 2018
The Right to Bear Arms? (B. John Kunthara)
 "The right of the people of each of the several States to maintain a well-regulated militia."

This amendment to the constitution was adapted in 1791. The original intent for this amendment was to establish a check to deter future presidents or generals from overtaking the country and establish a monarchy or dictator ship.

Eighteen school shootings in 45 days in the USA. What is happening in this country? Nowhere in the world atrocities like this taking place in school compounds.

In airports, travel is very safe but institutions our beloved children go are not safe. These innocent children, believing in most everyone around them, going to school to get some knowledge and mingle with friends, those grounds have become killing fields.

A country with the mightiest army in the world, the biggest economy but not able to protect those children in their schools. Shame on us.

Still politicians and other talking heads from the media in this country, are accusing each other and making the public fools on gun violence. Will you please end that drama?

Time has passed to look into control the sale and possession of firearms in this country. Yes, the constitution of the US gives the right to own fire arms. But we are deliberately avoiding to think, under what circumstances, 240 years back, our forefathers put this provision in the constitution.

They were afraid of a monarch or a dictator taking over this country. To prevent that they included this citizen militia in the constitution. All this time, no president or a military leader in this country ever tried to over throw the democracy that we have today.

Not only that, when the second amendment was written, we only had single barrel guns with one shot at a time. Today we have these high power weapons can discharge several bullets in a second. George Washington and Jefferson had never thought about AK-47s coming into the field.

Both political parties are in the pocket of the powerful organization NRA. We should not listen to their mindless arguments any more. Who gave them the authority to speak for our democracy? Is the second amendment their family property? Those people give money to NRA, got the blood on their hands, of all those children died in all our school grounds from gun violence. National Rifle Association, I call National Rotten Association is the major road block in the US Congress to pass a sensible gun law.

Parents send their children hopping that their sons and daughters will find a good future from education. They send their children with school lunch waving hands when the school bus drives away. Then waiting at the door for children to come back in the evening. But their children are not coming back in the bus but in coffins. Who is hearing the cry of those parents they lost the most important part of their lives from a manmade disaster in an unexpected place.

Same time the public and mainly parents must think and understand, growth of the body of their children is not the only responsibility they have. They are responsible for their good behavior and mental health of their children too.

Sending their children every day to school alone will not produce good responsible decent people. The loose and busy life style, so many parents practice today, is a contributing factor to the bad metal health of their children.

Social media, becoming a learning ground for so many. I am not against technology but how that is used now? No control and no one knows what these young minds are reading and seeing. Look at all kinds of video games children are playing today. Who is the gate keeper?Do we need a gate keeper? think about all this.

Politicians and media pundits come out and stand in front of cameras with crocodile tears when incidents like school shootings take place. Shame on all of you if you want, you can bring a sensible gun law that will ban all those high powered weapons from the market and confiscate them from people. No one needs an AK-47 to hunt a duck or deer.

No more blaming mental illness for these atrocities. No child born mentally insane. The breeding ground for this sickness starting in their own homes. Those parents neglect their children for their personal gratifications bare a huge responsibility if their children become mentally unstable.

The eighteen year old who killed so many and inflicted wounds in so many in Florida, was expelled from the school some time back. Where were his parents? Did they enquire why their son was expelled? Did they try to help him to get out from whatever problem he was in?

All must try to think in the light of what we are as a nation, facing today. How many more innocent children need to die in school grounds? Give up the slogan "my right to bear arms".Enough is enough, you leaders in the government are safe because we tax payers are paying for your safety.

Our children are our future if you politicians, can't provide a safe atmosphere for our sons and daughters in schools, then what kind of a nation we are creating? For whom we have this democracy, this constitution and this country?
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Boby Varghese 2018-02-17 08:31:09
Mr.Kuntahara, guns do not kill. People do.
Chicago has the strictest gun control laws in our nation. Chicago is the murder capital of the world. People kill.
In 2017, several terrorist attacks happened in Europe and few in our country. Almost all of those attacks were with cars or trucks as their weapon. Should we stop producing autos? Drivers behind those autos were killers.
Boby Varghese 2018-02-17 08:36:31
Mr. Kunthara, the right to bear arms is not to protect the country from a potential autocrat. It is to protect oneself and his family.
Abraham 2018-02-17 21:43:59
Boby Varghese,
Cars are used for day to day travel needs. Trucks are used for transporting goods. If you own a car or truck you have to carry liability insurance for any damages caused by them. What is the use of carrying an assault weapon? Do their owners carry liability insurance?
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