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As a proud gun-owner, here is what disturbs me most about this gun control issue: anti-gun advocates and Democrats (for the purpose of this we will accept that there are few Democrats in the House and Senate who have taken strong stands against gun control legislation) want to interpret the 2nd Amendment's protection of arms very strictly, using original intent and strict constructionism. However, they have no problem expanding the other 9 amendments as "living documents," and have taken wide interpretations of them while essentially refusing to give the 2nd Amendment similar treatment.

It seems an awful double-standard to limit and attempt to restrict one right, setting it aside from the other nine, which are defended tooth-and-nail by countless activist groups. Similarly, punishing those legal gun owners who have never committed crimes, who in some cases have a long family heritage of gun ownership, for the crimes of those who have most likely illegally purchased guns not open for sale in the United States, is ridiculous. Do we ban every driver on the road for the recklessness of one drunken teen? Do we recall kitchen knives because one enraged wife castrates her husband in his sleep?