The 2nd Amendment was drafted at a time when the US lacked a standing army and needed a ready militia for times of crisis. It was never intended as a means for Americans to carry out what is in effect an ongoing civil war, with thousands of deaths a year. The gun lobby hides behind the 2nd Amendment and the NRA and makes a literal killing from selling high capacity, affordable and accurate weapons who's only real purpose is to kill other Americans.
One Nation Under The Gun: Thousands Of Gun Deaths Since Newtown
If you think Devin and the thousands of Americans who die every year aren't worth anything then keep supporting the fiction that the 2nd Amendment gives Americans freedom. They live in constant fear of each other and a few corporations get rich.
Also most of the guns used in the ongoing violence in Mexico come from the US.
Mexico Drug War: 70 Percent Of Guns Seized Originate In U.S.
One Nation Under The Gun: Thousands Of Gun Deaths Since Newtown
Devin had become the day care’s comforter-in-chief, an expert hand-holder and sharer. When a girl with cerebral palsy had trouble playing tag, he’d run a little slower so she could tag him. When his best friend Aaron got sad about his parents' divorce, Devin was there to counsel him about the extra presents he would soon get on Christmas. He assured Aaron he’d be okay. Devin had gone through it too.
“Devin was extremely anti-bullying,” said Amy Berger, 38, whose son was close to Devin at the day care. “If he saw anyone being bullied, he would be their friend instantly -- in school, day care, it didn’t matter. No one can pick on anyone. He wouldn’t allow it.” In a card left at the church, a classmate wrote of Devin: “He played with me when I was lonely.”
Just before 8:30 a.m., Devin walked across to Oakdale Elementary with Aaron and Aaron’s little sister Emily. Emily had difficulty walking. Devin held her hand.
If you think Devin and the thousands of Americans who die every year aren't worth anything then keep supporting the fiction that the 2nd Amendment gives Americans freedom. They live in constant fear of each other and a few corporations get rich.
Also most of the guns used in the ongoing violence in Mexico come from the US.
Mexico Drug War: 70 Percent Of Guns Seized Originate In U.S.
MEXICO CITY -- About 70 percent of the guns seized in Mexico and submitted to a U.S. gun-tracing program came from the United States, according to a report released by three U.S. senators Monday.
Of the 29,284 firearms recovered by authorities in Mexico in 2009 and 2010, 20,504 came from the United States, according to figures provided to the senators by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.