THE GUN CONTROL DEBATE: TIME TO SETTLE THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL. PART 1.

FIRST WE ARE GOING TO REPRINT THE ONLY TWO PARTS OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE DISCUSSION:

FROM ARTICLE 1, SECTION. 8 The Congress shall have Power...

...To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress...

THE 2ND AMENDMENT

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.

Important terms:

MILITIA- IS NOW CALLED THE NATIONAL GUARD.

REGULATION- A RULE OR LAW THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY A RECOGNIZED LEGAL AUTHORITY.

DISCIPLINE- TRAINING AND SUPERVISING INDIVIDUALS TO FOLLOW SPECIFIC RULES, AND OBEDIENCE TO A DEFINITIVE CODE OF CONDUCT. 

SEE PART 2.