Its preamble says the Constitution’s purpose is to “establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessing of liberty.” The Declaration of Independence says we have “certain unalienable rights, and among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
In contrast, the Second Amendment says that “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.”
The epidemic of mass shootings makes me ask how the Second Amendment could be so blindly interpreted that the mass murder of schoolchildren meets the intent of these sacred documents?
Applying common sense, the only “well regulated militia” to publicly bear arms should be active-duty military/state National Guard personnel, law officers and licensed personnel. Public safety comes first. Or pay more taxes to arm school teachers.
Adrian Chang
Hawaii Kai
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