29 Shot In Chicago And The Supreme Court Doesn't Give A Damn

I have never shot a gun in my life.  Never.  Ok, a water gun when I was a kid, but never picked up a 9mm or glock or a shotgun or even a bb gun.  It is like crack to me.  Don't ever want to try it.  Not interested in experiencing what it feels like to shoot something that can put someone six feet in the ground.  Sport?  Ok, if that's what you want to call it...but I wouldn't rather kick rocks, then sit in a balcony somewhere in the woods and wait for a deer to stand still, so I can put a bullet in its belly.  But, this is my choice and everyone else has the right to make their own.  That being said, I agree with the 2nd Amendment and I agree with the right to bare arms, but technology has advanced a little bit since 1776, and now arms can blow up buildings, not just a deer in the woods.  And now we have police departments in every town, that WE pay for, that are sworn to protect and serve our communities.  So, I think it is safe to assume that times have changed a little bit since our forefathers wrote the Constitution.

And speaking of the Constitution, the Supreme Court just made a ruling yesterday that struck down the right for two suburban towns of Chicago to ban the possession of handguns by their residents, thus giving the right for every American to carry a handgun.  Now, I am conflicted on their ruling as this was much more about State vs. Federal rights, then it was about guns, so I will leave the ruling alone for a moment.  But...over the weekend, just a few miles from those two little suburban towns of Chicago, 29 people were shot in the Windy City.  And a weekend before that, over 40 people were shot with 12 dead and the weekend before that another 40...you get the point.