Prior to their crimes, what had they done to have a constitutional right revoked? Any of them felons? Any of them declared mentally incompetent?
Why do we have to wait for that? We shouldn't have to prove they aren't fit to have a gun, they should prove that they have.
The thing is, when one of these guys goes on a Spontaneous Expression of Second Amendment Rights (AKA A mass shooting Spree), we usually find out that EVERYONE in their lives knew they were nuts.
We found out Omar Mateen -
1) Had made terrorist threats against his coworkers.
2) Had been investigated by the FBI three times.
3) Had a dad who was a supporter of the Taliban
4) Had beaten his wife
5) Had expressed support for ISIS
And yet despite all that, they couldn't stop this guy from getting an AR-15 because, gosh darn it, he had a constitutional right!!!!
That's ******* crazy.
I ask the same question.
Denying the rights of everyone else is not the answer.
I think your 1st amendment rights should be curtailed.
It doesn't mean I want everyone else's curtailed.
Can you point out anyone who died because I said mean things to them?
Anyone?
33,000 people a year die from gun violence. Because some idiots have mistaken a badly written Militia Amendment for a right to own weapons.