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2nd Admendment

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

How to repeal an Admendment?

  • A proposed amendment to the Constitution must first be passed by Congress with two-thirds majorities in both the House and the Senate.
  • Then, three-fourths of the states must ratify the amendment. Congress will have specified one of two ways by which the states should consider ratification:
    • The governor submits the amendment to the state legislature for its consideration; or
    • The governor convenes a state ratifying convention.

U.S. Statistics

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Population not available 320,878,310 323,015,995 325,084,756 327,096,265
Motor Vehicles Fatalities Total 32,744 35,485 37,806 37,473 36,835
Alcohol-Impaired Crash Fatalities 9,943 10,320 10,967 10,908 10,710
Weapons Fatalities 12,278 13,780 15,318 15,195 14,123
Total firearms: 7,803 9,103 10,372 11,006 10,265
Handguns 5,342 6,176 6,762 7,051 6,603
Rifles 235 215 300 390 297
Shotguns 238 247 247 264 235
Other guns 88 151 172 180 167
Firearms, type not stated 1,900 2,314 2,891 3,121 2,963
Knives or cutting instruments 1,545 1,525 1,558 1,609 1,515
Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.) 431 436 464 472 443
Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)1 668 647 664 710 672
Poison 9 8 12 15 5
Explosives 6 1 1 0 4
Fire 55 63 78 96 72
Narcotics 70 69 118 110 78
Drowning 12 12 9 8 9
Strangulation 84 96 97 89 70
Asphyxiation 93 105 92 111 90
Other weapons or weapons not stated 1,502 1,715 1,853 969 900

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Quotes and References

The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council released the results of their research through the CDC last month. Researchers compiled data from previous studies in order to guide future research on gun violence, noting that "almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year."
- Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence, page 15

Solution(s)

The numbers show the infrequency of the tragedies. Like most other issues, education may help. Man is basically evil. That evil exists within our community and within multiple world governments. The best tool an individual that can somewhat protect themselves from this evil is a gun of some type. If the community can accept that gun ownership is necessary, and I believe it has, then we must have ways to educate people how to use the gun properly.
 
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