Just a brief addition to 2nd Amendment

The Second Amendment to our Constitution is more than 200 years old and, in my humble opinion, is long overdue for some badly needed changes.

If the stouthearted authors of this "sacred" 27-word relic could come back and see what technology has wrought in the two centuries of its existence, and the resulting confusion, turmoil and chaos it has caused, I'm sure they would agree with me.

A second look at the language that is literally tearing our country apart today is surely and desperately needed. I have a suggestion: I would not change or delete a single word of the Second Amendment, but would merely add a few. Here's how I could construct it:

"A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, the procurement capability and capacity of which being subject to state and federal legislation shall not be infringed."

This would put enormous power into the hands of the voting public, state by state, and pretty much out of the hands of timid legislators who fear the retaliation of groups such as the NRA. These groups would now be forced to fight new rules, advanced by the public, to restore some measure of sanity to the issue of gun control and I think the NRA would soon recognize the futility of such a war, along with the immense cost to pursue it, state by state.

Why can't you, the Daily Herald, and other media outlets, TV pundits, church groups, etc. jump on this issue? Would seem to be a virtual "no brainer" and, with little opposition among concerned citizens, could be a wonderful leap forward in this crazy "arms race" we are in.

Why doesn't the Herald take a leading role in this?

Walt Mars

Campton Hills