Repeal the second amendment

Repeal the second amendment

       In his editorial, Bret Stephens argues that the second amendment should be repealed. Mr. Stephens based his argument on three major points as listed below:

1-      The number of the innocent people who have been killed by guns compared to the numbers of what’s called “justified kills” such as self-defense and properties protection.

2-      The types of guns in the markets that are deadlier than the guns that were out in the market back when the second amendment been written.

3-       He argues that an armed citizenry is not going to protect the nation from any foreign threats such as North Korea and Russia.

        Mr. Stephens didn’t make a lot of sense with the argument that gun owners will not protect the nation from foreign threats. I believe that a lot of gun owners have some sort of military background or at least have some knowledge on how to operate the guns they have. So, a trained and armed citizen could actually fight for his or her country if that service was needed when facing any type of conflict or threat.  

        I have reviewed some leaked pictures of the Las Vegas attacker’s hotel room with the assault rifles all over the floor. The rifles he had and used in the attacks are deadlier than most of the rifles that I have ever seen in my military service. So, I agree with Mr. Stephens in his argument about how guns are way different from what’s been approved in the Second Amendment back in the past. However, in the editorial, Mr. Stephens didn’t represent a clear solution to control guns in a way where the citizens can still have their constitutional rights of bearing a firearm and not effecting the public safety at the same time.