On Tue, 3 Oct 2017 19:01:48 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

As for gun control, we are 200 years too late. There are plenty of guns
out there and criminals will continue to get their hands on them even if
all gun production stopped today. No easy answer. Maybe no answer at all

Politicians just talk and talk. ~ 1/3 of Americans fought in the
American Revolution, starting in the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

The Founders knew about liberty and freedom. If the gun grabbers are
so smart, why haven't they repealed the Second Amendment.... They
never talk about banning firearm manufacturing, because they know it
will never happen. Aside, it would interfere with the Commerce Clause
(IMO). Not a battle they can win or want to fight. They just want to
bark about taking rights away. They also know that Americans can put
down a tyrannical government. Gun control is a talking point they pull
off the shelf after some event. They have a whole shelf of talking
points. When one narrative stops working, they move to another
narrative. See the shiny object.

The founders also had to deal with Colonies which already had the
right to keep and bear arms..