common sense: second amendment sanctuaries are stupid

face it--second amendment sanctuaries are stupid.

first, let's take a look at the second amendment to the constitution. Passed by Congress September 25, 1789, and ratified December 15, 1791, the first ten amendments form the Bill of Rights. The second amendment states:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." 

how many people even know what a militia is? for the uneducated masses, a militia is a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency. 

now let's set the scene. in 1791:

• with Vermont, the US has 14 states
• the US is largely rural, self sufficient farms/plantations. each farm/plantation is largely responsible for their own security, food, shelter, clothing, etc.
• the population of the US, according to the 1790 census, is 3,929,214. Adding 85,000 for Vermont, and one third growth for the other 13 states, in 1791 the total population of the US is approximately 5.3 million people.
• The United States Army traces its origin to the founding of the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, when the Continental Congress authorized a one-year enlistment of riflemen from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to join the New England militia army besieging Boston. 
• in 1791, the US army was a loose agglomeration of state militias and the continental army.

now let's compare the US 1n 1791 with the US today:

• 228 years have elapsed.
• the US has 50 states.
• in 2018 the estimated population of the US is 327.2 million (6174% increase from 1791). 
• For the 2010 count, the Census Bureau has defined 486 urbanized areas, accounting for 71.2 percent of the U.S. population. 
• unlike 1791, law enforcement (police, etc.) provides local security, assisted by the state and federal governments.
• the US military provides security for the country, assisted by numerous state and federal agencies (DHS, INS, FBI, CIA, NSA, etc.).
• according to the CDC, in 2017, the most recent single year for which complete data is available, 39,773 people died from gun-related injuries in the U.S. (including violent crime, mass shootings, terror, death from assault rifles, etc.).

do we need second amendment sanctuaries? of course not.

do we need gun laws that protect innocent citizens from criminals and irresponsible gun owners? of course we do. 

today, more than 60% of the population support tougher gun control laws. the other 40% are just plain stupid.

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