"Like if you put a speed limit on highway-pretty soon they're going to take your car away from you"

[smccarter]

14. This analogy is a bit off base.

The 2nd amendment guarantees our right to keep and bear arms. There is nothing in the constitution that guarantees our right to drive a motor vehicle on public (or private) roads.

Having said that... and while I support the 2nd amendment - as it is written. Americans do have the right to own firearms, but the "well regulated" statement should come to bear at some point. You have the right to own a firearm, but the government (us) has the right to regulate that ownership. Whether it be the type(s) of weapon, the number of weapons, the type of ammunition, whatever... or the determination as to whether you are responsible enough to own a weapon. And that is a huge responsibility. We need to get some sense about this issue. It IS a constitutional right.. no doubt about it. But... and it's a very big but... it NEEDS to be regulated.

The neighbor to my right is a weapons expert in the Navy. He is well trained and at one point was a trainer. Anyone with that background should be allowed to own an AR-15, or any other weapon he's been checked out on. The neighbor to my left is a radical, angry, ill-tempered redneck with very little sense about him. I'm not sure if I'd agree that he needs to be allowed to own an AR-15. Of course... the neighbor to my right does own a weapon and would definitely know how to use it if my neighbor to the left decided to get blitzed and start shoot'n an'a gett'n rowdy an stuff. (I live in Milton, FL - the arm pit of Alabama).