Gun Control & RKBA

The view and use of firearms has changed dramatically over time and probably will continue to do so. The framers of the Constitution added the second amendment with very clear purpose relevant to the exact circumstances and concerns of the time.

Those underlying concerns are no longer relevant in today's world which leaves this historical remnant completely out of sync with a modern society's attempts at law enforcement and improving health and safety. Crime rates are lower in developped nations with strict gun laws. Police officers almost never shoot anyone, including criminals, largely because they are less likely to be shot themselves. Accidental deaths by firearms in Europe and Canada are a tiny fraction of the number they are in the US.

Having this amendment in a nation taught to revere the sanctity of their constitution forces Americans to either twist modern logic to suit a two hundred year old document or attack the document itself. It's a lose lose situation and an error that has cost countless lives.

On another note, the freedom OF religion bit should also have specifically included freedom FROM the religion of others.