Repeal the Second Amendment

by Paul Sterne for Repeal the Second Amendment    February 09, 2008

Dobbs Ferry, New York

We had another bloody week in America, filled with senseless gun violence.  It is time for local government to stand up and say, "enough is enough".  The Federal Government has clearly been co-opted by gun interests.  The military does not dare challenge its gun-toting veterans, though it clearly understands the risk of guns in the hands of traumized and well-trained killers.. 

The Supreme Court is just about to re-write history and declare the Second Amendment as an individual's right to bear arms, instead of what it really was intended to be, an institutionalized mechanism for armed rebellion to protect States rights -- and set the stage for civil war -- gee thanks, Thomas Jefferson. 

The only solution to this problem is a grassroots movement.  It is time for local governments and officials to stand up and go on the record that they support the repeal of the Second Amendment.  It is time for the voters to apply a new litmus test; either support the repeal of the Second Amendment publicly and vocally at all levels of government or you will not get my vote. 

While the good citizens of Dobbs Ferry debate the ban on leafblowers, the real issue facing America goes unattended.  It broke my heart to read in The Rivertowns Enterprise once again about the shooting of Charles Campbell in 1996, two blocks from my home, and how that gun-related violence has ruined the lives of two local families.

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