Bump stocks are not enough

The Second Amendment to the Constitution reads, "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."

At the time that was written, our founders wanted militiamen to keep single-shot powder-req­uiring muskets at home with them in case they were called out on a moment's notice to defend themselves and their neighbors.

Today, we have the National Guard, federal forces and well-regulated police to fight against insurrections. We trust them to defend our liberties. Our founders had no crystal ball to warn against our modern use of the Second Amendment interpreted to suggest that nonmilitary civilians can have weapons of mass destruction even hidden on their persons or in their homes.

We need constitutional clarification of the Second Amendment that could keep these weapons out of the hands of all but the "regulated" militias. Just outlawing bump stocks is not enough, Mr. Trump. All military weapons should be kept with the military.

Robert M. Gerhold

Arlington Heights