re: Fox Sports Marcellus Wiley says it’s not guns, it’s about people

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So we're not going to look at studies or do anything then. We should do nothing then?

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No 2A advocate I know thinks that no efforts, studies, etc. should be made to reduce gun violence. Quite the contrary.

What does become frustrating is the constant villainization of those of us who support and defend a Constitutional right - one so important in fact that our founding fathers established it as the SECOND amendment of our founding document. 2A supporters are not the bad guys. The overwhelming majority aren’t prone to nor will they ever commit a murder with a firearm or other instrument.

What we would like to see is open debate on achievable and Constitutional solutions to gun violence. And for it not to be politicized. Invest resources in security, mental health intervention and treatment from early ages when possible and throughout adolescence and adulthood.

We aren’t just trying to hold guns for evil purposes. We’re exercising a right - a right to self-defense #1 - explicitly granted in a Constitution that has resulted in a long-standing nation of strength and freedom - the strongest and freeest the world has ever known. Eroding that foundation on any level needs to be avoided.

Let’s address the root causes of murder and stop going the anti-gun route as the only option. And while we’re at it address the reason that the large majority of killings are done in inner cities where guns are obtained no matter the gun laws. And not by AR or AK, but by handguns.

It’s a slippery slope the incremental taking of gun rights.