A musket from the 18th century, when the
Second Amendment was written, and an assault rifle of today.CreditTop, MPI, via Getty
Images, bottom, Joe Raedle/Getty Images.
By John Paul Stevens, The New York Times, March 27, 2018
Rarely in my lifetime have I seen the type of civic
engagement schoolchildren and their supporters demonstrated in Washington and
other major cities throughout the country this past Saturday. These
demonstrations demand our respect. They reveal the broad public support for
legislation to minimize the risk of mass killings of schoolchildren and others
in our society.
That support is a clear sign to lawmakers to enact
legislation prohibiting civilian ownership of semiautomatic weapons, increasing
the minimum age to buy a gun from 18 to 21 years old, and establishing more
comprehensive background checks on all purchasers of firearms. But the
demonstrators should seek more effective and more lasting reform. They should
demand a repeal of the Second Amendment.
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