Bork, as he stated, was not an expert on the second amendment. This being said he offered a very strong opinion on the premiss of its intention. Those that know the least often offer the most concerning issues. He was obviously a person of no little ignorance concerning what the founding fathers intended in this writing.

No guns, no bullets, no one dies by shooting ....

Bubba

My concern with Bork's interpretation is, how would that militia be formed if not from the citizenry of that particular state? Even though the Founding Fathers could not possibly have taken into consideration the advances in weaponry that we have seen in the world, I am sure that they understood that an internal revolution against the government would most likely be a ground war. Using bombers and nukes would ruin the infrastructure of the very country they were trying to rule. So the founding fathers knew that if the federal soldiers had muskets that the citizens should be free to keep the same. The AR-15 is the civilian equivalent of what our US ground soldier is issued. It is not the guns people, it is the constant movement to make human life worthless and to glorify evil that leads us to these horrible tragic shootings. And as for "Bubba's" theory, that only works if you can guarantee that anyone who wants to do harm could never ever get their hands on a gun or bullets. Even Michael Moore admitted that the tragedy in Connecticut ended abruptly when the armed police officers arrived on scene. When he was faced with equal strength and weaponry he ceased killng inocents and killed himself, like the demented coward that he was.

Bubs, I am sure the criminals will be more than glad to just hand over all guns and bullets. After all, they are outstanding citizens with high morals and character.

The Newtown school shootings have nothing to do with the 2nd Amendment and I am really tired of the liberal media trying to make it out to be. Gun laws and regulations do not keep guns out of the hands of criminals and crazy people just like locked doors only keep out the honest. The only thing that will stop the kind of tragedies like the one in Newtown is to relax concealed carry policies.

Out of the "mass shootings" that have occured across this country in 2012, all but ONE of them were either in a school, place of worship, place of business, night club or some other place where weapons are not typically allowed. Bottom line: criminals and crazy people will be less likely to "shoot it up" if they know they're more likely to encounter gun carrying opposition.

Think about it.......

February 22, 2012—Five people were killed in at a Korean HEALTH SPA in Norcross, Georgia, when a man opened fire inside the facility in an act suspected to be related to domestic violence.

February 26, 2012—Multiple gunmen began firing into a NIGHTCLUB crowd in Jackson, Tennessee, killing one person and injuring 20 others.

February 27, 2012—Three students at Chardon High SCHOOL in rural Ohio were killed when a classmate opened fire.

March 8, 2012—Two people were killed and seven wounded at a psychiatric HOSPITAL in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when a gunman entered the hospital with two semiautomatic handguns and began firing.

March 31, 2012—A gunman opened fire on a crowd of mourners at a North Miami, Florida, FUNERAL HOME, killing two people and injuring 12 others.

April 2, 2012—A 43-year-old former student at Oikos University in Oakland, California, walked into his former SCHOOL and killed seven people, “execution-style.” Three people were wounded.

April 6, 2012—Two men went on a deadly shooting spree in Tulsa, Oklahoma, shooting black men at random in an apparently racially motivated attack. Three men died and two were wounded.

May 29, 2012—A man in Seattle, Washington, opened fire in a COFFEE SHOP and killed five people and then himself.

July 9, 2012—At a SOCCER TOURNAMENT in Wilmington, Delaware, three people were killed, including a 16-year-old player and the event organizer, when multiple gunmen began firing shots, apparently targeting the organizer.

July 20, 2012—James Holmes enters a THEATRE at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises and opens fire with a semi-automatic weapon; twelve people are killed and fifty-eight are wounded.

August 5, 2012—A white supremacist and former Army veteran shot six people to death inside a Sikh TEMPLE in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before killing himself.

August 14, 2012—Three people were killed at Texas A&M UNIVERSITY when a 35-year-old man went on a shooting rampage; one of the dead was a police officer.

September 27, 2012—A 36-year-old man who had just been laid off from Accent Signage Systems in Minneapolis, Minnesota, entered his former WORKPLACE and shot five people to death, and wounded three others before killing himself.

October 21, 2012—45-year-old Radcliffe Frankin Haughton shot three women to death, including his wife, Zina Haughton, and injured four others at a SPA in Brookfield, Wisconsin, before killing himself.

December 11, 2012—A 22-year-old began shooting at random at a MALL near Portland, Oregon, killing two people and then himself.

December 14, 2012—One man, and possibly more, murders a reported twenty-six people at an elementary SCHOOL in Newtown, Connecticut, including twenty children, before killing himself.

Bubba,

This is what you want? Really?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsKzdKNAmo

OH YES LETS BAN GUNS CARS ALCOHOL AS THEY KILL---WE HAVE BANS AND LAWS AGAINST HEROINE, AND HEY MORGAN COUNTY ITS AGAIST THE LAW TO MAKE YOIUR OWN METH RIGHT--HA HA HA HEY SHERIFF HOW MANY LABS WE DONT ALLOW DID YOU BUST THIS YEARDECATUR RESIDENT YOU MAKE VERY VALID POINTS AND WHAT MANY DONT REALIZE INCLUDEING MANY IN WASHINGTON IS MAKING SOMETHING ILLEGAL DOESNT STOP CRIMINALS,THE INSANE OR ANYONE FROM DOING HARM TO OTHERS IF THEY SET THEIR MINDS TO IT.THEIR WAS A STORY FEW YEARS AGO ABOUT A SMALL SHOP IN CHICAGOS WORST AREA " I THINK IT WAS CALLED THE STRIP" NOT SURE BUT THE OWNER WAS ROBBED 3-4 TIMES AND HE FINNALY PUT UP SIGNS EVERYWHERE HE WAS ARMED AND GOING TO KILL THE NEXT ONE WHO TRIED TO ROB HIM PIC OF HIM HOLDIN A RIFLE AND A PISTOL WERE IN NEWS AND HE HASNT BEEN ROBBED SINCE. HE DIED COUPLE YEARS AGO AND THE TRUTH CAME OUT--HE DIDNT EVEN OWN A GUN THE PICS WERE OF BORROWED GUNS. SO JUST THE THOUGHT IN THIS CASE DID THE TRICK IF THE POLITICIANS WANT TO STOP OR BETTER STILL STIFLE OR SLOW DOWN AS EVERY NUT WILL TRY ??? THEN LET THEM ISSUE PISTOLS TO EVERY HOMEOWNER AND FREE SAFETY CLASSES. BUT I FORGET---THATS TOO SIMPLE FOR SIMPLE PEOPLE AND THE SMALL MINDED

Ban the guns so the enemies won't have any trouble attacking us! Yeah buddy.

I do not understand why we are allowing our government to take away our rights? Yes, mass shootings or any killing for that mater is a very bad thing, but, will giving up our rights stop them? No. We are being asked to give up too many of our rights. Someone please explain to me why we are allowing the government deeper into our lives. DD editorial staff can you explain to me why you all are so willing to allow the government to take away our rights? Why do you want a socialist government? And I'm not just talking about gun control. It's all across the board from gun contrl to imigration to Obama-care to free speach. Where does it end?

Nicotine kills way more people than guns..why not ban smoking?

I'd rather ban smoking than guns.

Now wait a minute, lets not get hasty with banning cigarettes. We get a great deal of tax money from the sale of tobacco products! Get the picture?

Let's ban Bubbas.

I think it would be a much better country.

What does Bork not understand about "the right of the PEOPLE". The second has nothing to do with state rights. Read the federalist papers that pertain to the second amendment and it will be absolutely clear that the founders believed that an armed populace was the best way to prevent a tyranical government. There is so much intellectual dishonesty concerning the 2nd amendment.