re: Guns &Ammo editorial supports gun control

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Show me one place where he supports gun control. Not once does he call for additional regulation- not one time.

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"And I do believe their fellow citizens, by the specific language of the Second Amendment, have an equal right to enact regulatory laws requiring them to undergo adequate training and preparation for the responsibility for bearing arms."

I understand the point you are making but the simple fact is he does call for additional regulation and attempts to justify it by citing to the language of the Second Amendment. His entire article is a slippery slope argument, who decides what is "adequate training and preparation"? What he asks is for the government to oversee and give us permission to use the Bill of Rights once we have demonstrated we are responsible enough to have them. This is not a right, but a privilege, exactly like a driver's license - which he references.

The article also fundamentally misunderstands the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. They were drafted to place constraints upon the government, not the individual. He simply misunderstands that in our system of government we have three separate but equal branches, and the fact that the judiciary has, through case law over the last 200 years, established limits on constitutional protections does not mean that the founders intended for the rights to be so limited.

It boils down to one simple idea: your fundamental rights come from God, or your fundamental rights come from your government. Mr. Metcalf believes that they come from government and argues accordingly.

"And I do believe their fellow citizens, by the specific language of the Second Ammendment, have an equal right to enact regulatory laws requiring them to undergo adequate training and preparation for the responsibility of bearing arms."

The person who wrote this is saying that the State has a right to regulate the bearing of arms. That could easily include within your own home. That is a wide open door to regulate all aspects of gun ownership.