Reply #174: Firstly, I am not talking about "banning." I'm talking about public safety issues. [View All]

[CTyankee]

Secondly, you have actually made my point with your reference to European countries and Japan. It is precisely because those nations did NOT adopt our 2nd amendment to their constitutions, IMO, that they do not have this problem. And yes, I think the 2nd amendment has become, evolved into, a major problem, for whatever merit the founders saw in it back in the day and given their historical reality.

Of course, you do realize that we restrict rights all the time, perfectly legally. We restrict 1st amendment rights with our "time, place and manner" restrictions. And yet we hold free speech very dear, indeed. I don't think such sensible restrictions have damaged the cause of free speech...