The US 2nd Amendment.....

[dneal]

Yes, I understand.
I get both sides of this, I really do.

There's the,
"What should come first, personal rights or community rights ?", that HughC nicely summarized.

Verses the,
'if guns are banned only the criminals will have them' /
"the only thing that will stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun", that stonerman33 also nicely put forward.

What I'm saying is that this is a never ending rhetorical argument that blows up every 6 weeks or so when there's yet another mass shooting that, I think, can be solved by a country wide referendum.

Basically, let democracy work it out in a no holes barred, 2 go in, 1 comes out fight for gun freedom or gun control.

Power to the people; right on.

Cheers,
Noel

We don't do "country-wide referendums". Either you aren't American or (if you are) you didn't pay attention in civics.

- When the Clinton administration enacted the "assault weapon" ban, the country threw out the majority party that enacted it.
- When the issue reached the Supreme Court (several times), the intent of the wording was made perfectly clear.
- The overwhelming majority of States have loosened restrictions on public possession (usually concealed).

The American people have worked it out, many times. A vocal minority keeps bringing it back up as if the discussion hasn't taken place yet. That's simply not true. They just don't like the result.