No... He didn't bring them on - right wing closed-mindedness did that.

What does this have to do with the topic at-hand? Quit being a distraction!

Actually the two of you are both out there in delusionland.

That's fine. I feel secure knowing that a libertarian will never achieve high office. Their rigidity will never become particularly popular.

Could you please translate what you wrote into English?

Yes. Please do. It'll almost guarantee that the Republicans will continue to lose elections.

after such measures are taken is the REAL societal cost of the scourge of mass gun ownership then being borne by the gun owners, as it should. As illegal guns are rounded up and their possessors dealt their appropriate punishment, then eventually, for the most part, only truly responsible, legitimate people will be owners of guns, which they can have under the 2nd amendment, but the societal cost (murders, maimings, etc) will go down and so will the potential liability associated with owning one.

definition, a member of a well-regulated militia. This clause does NOT only apply to the National Guard, or else the rest of the amendment would only apply to same. The entire amendment applies to anyone who owns a gun, period. In an ideal situation, each and every bullet would be required to have unique identification, such that they also can be traced to an owner. A large scale registration program is going to cost money and take years, maybe decades, to implement, when you're talking 300M guns out there. Hence, there should be a tax on all gun sales and ammunition sales to provide the funding for such a program. Because each state has its own set of laws that are being "gamed" by illegal and inappropriate purchasers, Only...

arms. In addition, the right to bear arms inherently carries the responsiblity that those arms are not used inappropriately. Hence, any gun owner should be considered civilly liable for any damages caused by the use of his gun, regardless of who used it, even if not criminally liable. If they don't want to face the possible financial risks (especially if their gun is stolen), then they damn well better get insurance. (We'll see where the premiums come in after the actuaries get done with their calculations!) In fact, universal registration is needed to provide any meaning to the words, "A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a Free State". Otherwise why were they written? Anyone who owns a gun is, by...

Bottom line is that when there is a shooting, police need all the tools possible to track down the shooter. People can have guns, with appropriate restrictions on their use. But we need to establish a system by which any gun linked to a crime can be traced to an owner, period! Anyone caught with a gun that is not registered should be up for at least a high misdemeanor, if not a felony charge. And yes, there should be very aggressive enforcement of such provisions, especially in high crime urban areas. Police ought to be able to setup checkpoints for guns in these areas, just as they do when stopping traffic to look for drunk drivers. So yes, this means univeral registration, which is NOT an infringement on the right to bear...