The Second Amendment states: “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.”

How are these words antiquated, and how can anyone possibly attribute this right to the cause for the mass killings in our country?

Unfortunately there are many people like Mr. Jose (Auburn Reporter, Oct. 16) who are completely ignorant of the historical reasons and meaning of this right. The Bill of Rights enumerates human rights and does not grant them. Repealing the Second Amendment would not legitimize your actions any more than repealing the Fifth Amendment would authorize the government to kill whoever they wanted.

Mr. Jose seems to think we could tear out the First Amendment also and therefore get rid of the pesky NRA.

I’m kind of embarrassed for his pathetic attempt at righteous indignation toward our “antiquated” Constitution. His comments are not based on any research or real knowledge but on his own immature and underdeveloped political ideology.

– W. Riedel