But, the key reason is in competing legal theories on how to interpret the Constitution: Originalism and Living Document. Originalism is a strict interpretation based on the original intent of the Found Fathers. It renders the Constitution a static unchanging document stuck in time, thus the fascination with the Founding Fathers. So when they wrote "men" did they mean mankind or simply white men with land.
Living Document is basically the opposite, that the language is flexible and the modern world should be taken into account when interpreting the text.
]]>But, I my complaint is that this is managing the symptom and not the cause. More needs to be done to keep people from thinking mass shootings are the only option. Whether that be mental health access, a job, a friend, etc, we need to focus on fixing the core problem.
Without fixing that core problem, you could ban guns and you would still have violence. Desperate people would resort to knives, IEDs, etc. So yes, pass gun laws, but don't forget to spend some time fixing the cause of the violence.
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