IT IS HARD TO TELL IF THE DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS, LIBERALS AND THE "GUN CONTROL" CROWD ARE JUST TOO STUPID TO UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THE 2nd AMENDMENT OR ARE JUST BEING OBTUSE ON THE SUBJECT....I AM INCLINED TO BELIEVE THE LATTER.....SO TODAY I WILL STATE CLEARLY THE PURPOSE OF THAT AMENDMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THE 2nd AMENDMENT IS TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS FROM AN OUT OF CONTROL GOVERNMENT.......................... AN ARMED CITIZENRY IS THE ULTIMATE "CHECK" ON A GOVERNMENT THAT INSISTS ON CONTROLLING EVERY ASPECT OF THE PEOPLES LIVES. HUMAN GOVERNMENT IS A NECESSARY EVIL AND IT MUST BE KEPT ON A SHORT LEASH......SO, WHEN POLTICIANS CRY CROCODILE TEARS OVER SHOOTING DEATHS, THEIR MOTIVE IS TO DISARM THE PEOPLE....TO REMOVE THE ULTIMATE OPPOSITION TO THEIR POWER/AUTHORITY..... REMEMBER KING GEORGE??? HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES ARE DEMOCRATS?? THEY WANT TO TAKE GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF LAW ABIDING CITIZENS WHEN THEY ...