I agree about the guns. The second amendment doesn't say "except felons". It says "shall not be infringed".

Possibly, if there are enough armed felons running about, we might be able to get both sides to the table and admit that maybe there should be some limits. Until then it does us no good to exclude some groups just because we don't like them, while still enduring school shootings.

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blacksmith_tb an hour ago | parent [-]

It does mention "a well-regulated militia" though, and oddly legal gun owners don't belong to one of those.

	▲	SloppyDrive 40 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The point about militia is a short statement for why the right to bear arms is important, rather than trying to restrict or qualify the right. The ability to form militias is so important, that everyone should have the right to bear arms, in order to enable this. The idea is that it prevents the idea of a "special militia" having some selection criteria, so the government of the day cant make qualifying for its group a requirement to own guns.