Time to amend the Second Amendment

Published 4:19 pm Wednesday, October 14, 2015

I chuckled my approval when I saw that cartoon on the top page of the opinion section of the Oct. 9 Reporter. I agree. Trash it. Amend, not amen to the Second Amendment.

The antiquated words on this amendment have turned present-day America into the old days of the Wild Wild West.

The NRA and its fanatic followers reasoned that we need to arm ourselves, so we can protect our families and ourselves from criminals, and from home invasion. But do we need battlefield weapons for that?

I think only morons have that kind of reasoning.

I am not totally against owning a firearm. I own a six-shooter, and to me that’s enough to protect my family and myself.

Also, it’s not really the so-called “criminals,” who perpetuates mass killings. As we all know, it’s usually the mentally ill with access to weapons of mass killings. Weapons that the NRA and its followers believe and endorse that anyone in this country of ours can own.

Because they – so wrongly – believe in the antiquated words and definition of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. An amendment that was promulgated in the old, old days when all patriotic Americans have to be armed, so as to be able to defend themselves from the Brits, who were the enemies then during those times.

Those days are long over.

It’s time to amend the Second Amendment. It’s time to ban weapons of mass killings. And, if I may say, it’s also time to disband the NRA. It’s time to cut off the ownership of mass killing machines.

Thank you for hearing me out.

– Jesse Jose