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Protests   A message that Teenagers may prevail in exerting their right be safe. We spend billions on protecting our shores from oft nebulous bogeymen; yet the very real domestic killer is allowed to riddle us with bullets with absurd absolute abandon sanctioned by those who swore to uphold our Constitution while leaving out "...establish Justice...," and "...ensure domestic Tranquility..." Is it a just society when we allow the mowing down of our children. Have they done anything other than maintain for us troubled and anxious lives? Anti-kudos to Sayreville, New Jersey for threatening to expel any student that leaves in order to take part in gun protests. One girl had the courage to resist that authoritarianism that is so prevalent in New Jersey's schools. I'm guessing they'd be more tolerant if New Jersey were to find itself another statistic? That scenario is unlikely being that, post Columbine, N.J. was one of the first state...

I was pro Second Amendment not because I was a hunter or a target shooter*. I viewed it as the people's final defense--a "militia--" against tyranny. The Parkland shooting got my brain to rewire. What I finally realized is that should our government ever turn despotic, public arms---they are calling the AR15, the Minuteman's weapon of today--can do nothing against the might of the U.S. military and the other law enforcement organizations. You would need to count on support from those same organizations (as in Egypt) and the odds of that happening are unlikely as the vast majority of us are entrenched within most fibers of our society. If you own an AR15 to be used as a militia type weapon, you are no different than a Linus with a security blanket. The only way, IMHO, is to outsmart the government WHEN and IF it should become despotic and abusive of our constitutional rights. Hopefully, no one is yet strategizing for an overthrow of our government--to date that gov...

And so did I when I was much younger. Damn, what purpose do guns serve in our Nation? Guns have five purposes that I know of. One, they help defend us from invaders. Well, we've never had many invasions--none that I can recall, actually; but, in any event, the populace doesn't need them because of our highly subsidized military. Two, the Black man in the hood needs a gun to command respect. Understandable. How else will they get respect? I'm sure this has a societal fix, I'm just not sure what it is we are willing to change.  Certainly, the majority in our country do not need guns for daily respect but see the fifth purpose. Three, the Police need guns because the violent perpetrator has easy access. Can we do anything about this? Unlikely, this is Capitalist America and where there's a buck to be made, a buck will be made regardless of whatever regulation anyone tries to implement. Fourth is the so-called sportsman. They are well-regulated and I know of no ...