Ah, well, I did see some comments from you. I guess I will respond to this comment.
"The 2nd Amendment needs to be discarded because it is absolutely irrelevant to today's society and is completely out of touch with the modern world."
We will come back to this at the end of the analysis of your argument.
"The Police Department is well equipped with the necessary training and gear to prevent most criminal activity if reported,:
True. Of course if you are being attacked, you will almost certainly be dead before a police officer would be able to arrive at your home, but it is nice to know that the criminal would be arrested after you and your loved ones are dead.
"if you are fearful of a intruder in your home then buy an alarm which is like what $10 a month to have it uplinked to a local precinct and I could guarantee that 99.9% of the time an alarm going off would deter most criminals (most criminals would quickly flee the scene)"
I agree that most criminals would flee the scene if an alarm went off, and that you could buy a good alarm system for the same price as a decent gun. The problems I see with this off the top of my head are four fold. 1. Not all criminals would flee. 2. If someone's intent were to kill you, they could still easily get in, kill you, and leave before cops are likely to even be in the neighborhood. It only takes a few seconds. 3. There are professional criminals who would be able to beat the system. 4. This only protects your house when you are asleep. Nobody arms there house during the day when family is going in and out all the time.
"and you can also minimize the risk of a intrusion by properly securing you home."
Unless you are planning on eliminating windows, I don't see how you can keep people out.
"Just by having a gun doesn't always means that you are safe."
No, and just by having anti-venom doesn't mean that you are safe, but if the right situation arises such as being bitten by a snake, then you are much safer having the anti-venom than not.
"What if the robbers see you with the gun and shoots you first, which could be avoided if you had an alarm."
What if a robber sees a police officer with a gun and shoots first? By your logic, we should disarm cops so they will have no fear of being shot by robbers. If someone is intent to hurt you, it is always better to be armed than unarmed.
"Even if the government went rogue and turned on its citizen then the government went rogue and turned on its citizen, there nothing no one would be able to do about. To think that a group of hillbillies with shotguns could even be considered a nuisance to the most powerful Military to the world who has stealth bombers, tanks, high-tech assault weaponry, bulletproof armor and vehicle, drones, and smart missiles is retarded."
Al Qaeda stood up against the Russian milita and won. It stood up to the U.S. military and is still standing. They do not have any of the weapons you mentioned.
However, I agree that the govenrment would trounce the U.S. citizenry if it came to a straight up war between the people vs. the U.S. army. That is why the people should be better armed so we are not all at the mercy of govenrment overlords. You have just made a great case as to why the Second Amendment is even more important than ever because now the govenrment has much more military might.
"This Amendment was relievant during the time of its creation"
The second amendment was always about keeping the power with the people and not the govenrments. Nothing more. Nothing less.
"when people were a lot more isolated"
Not relevant in the slightest to keeping the power with the people rather than the government.
"and didn't have police departments,"
Not relevant in the slightest to keeping the power with the people rather than the government. Also, untrue.
"modern technology,"
If anything, the amount of technology that the government has exclusive access to just increases the need for people to be able to resist abuse.
"and the government had much less power in terms of military force, during that time a band of citizens who were armed could cause a problem to there government,
That is true, and that is all the more reason for people to be more armed so that the govenrment does not take over the people.
"but that is virtually impossible now."
Nonsense. If the American people all had access to the same weapons as the U.S. government, they would be able to overwhelm government forces easily.
"This Amendment needs to be discarded in favor of another Amendment that would allow the citizens of the United States to exert more influence in terms of the way they are governed, so people can have a much bigger say so in terms of the laws that are created by Congress."
That is a goal not a plan. What is your plan to give people better say in the government? Furthermore, how does this do anything to fix the gun violence problem?
"Guns cause way more problems then what they actually fix, this should be very obvious based off previous news."
Just the opposite is true. A gunman shot up a school in the past month. Every citizen there was denied their right to defend themselves. Twenty-six died. A gunman shot up a police station in the past month, a place full of armed citizens. Only three died. You can't stop evil people from doing evil things, but you can stop them a lot faster if people are armed. Gun control really started in the 1960's. Number of school shootings before 1960's? Zero. When people were free to carry guns wherever they chose, there was almost no gun crime.
The facts are not on your side.
Coming back to your original statement, "The 2nd Amendment needs to be discarded because it is absolutely irrelevant to today's society and is completely out of touch with the modern world."
Essentially, you said that the 2nd Amendment needs to be thrown away because 1. You can protect yourself better without a gun. Can you take measures to keep yourself safe without a gun? Yes. Are these measures better than a gun, no. Sure, alarms can be helpful, but you can get those with a gun too. You are safer with the extra protection.
You said that the 2nd Amendment needs to be thrown away because 2. the police will protect you. Sure, once they get there, police would protect you, but that will be five minutes later if you are extremely lucky which is about four and a half mintues longer than it would take to break in and stab or shoot you and four minutes longer than it would take for a man to break in and simply beat a woman or child to death. Police will catch the bad guy for you, but they will not protect you.
You said that the 2nd Amendment needs to be thrown away because 3. the government could never be resisted anyway because it is too powerful. If that is true, then we need to fix that by giving more power to the people which is exactly what guns do.
Conclusion: The 2nd Amenment is just as important now as it ever was. It is the right of the individual to have the power to defend themselves against all enemies foreign and domestic, and guns allow citizens to do just that.
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