Hijacking the Second Amendment

I can’t get it out of my mind.  The image of a man dressed all in black armed with a device designed to kill men in war pulling a trigger causing bullets to take the life of six and seven year olds.  We all agree, I think, that something is really, really wrong with this picture. Since that tragic event, there has been a feverish search for a rational theory on how this has come to pass. Theories abound.  They range from the mad man theory, to the assault weapon theory, to the 2nd amendment theory.  You will be familiar with all of these lines of reasoning and others not stated herein.  You’ll be pleased to know that I’m not going to make you...