Gun Control Will Protect Our Children?

"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." -- The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

I wonder how the word "infringed" was defined on the day the Second Amendment was written?

According to Dictionary.com, the word means, "to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress, to encroach or trespass".

President Obama is calling on Congress to ban "...military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines", according to cnbc.com.  He is also quoted as saying, "This is our first task at keeping our children safe...".  Really?  The first thing we need to do to keep kids safe is to start banning guns?  This is the true meaning of the expression, "closing the barn door after the horse has bolted".

To protect our children, there are many other "tasks" to do before gun control.  Start at the root of the problem, the people raising the children.  What about more funding for pregnancy prevention education?  What about making it easier for women to afford contraception?  Why not providing more funding to educating new parents?

Another way to protect our children should be tougher sentencing for those found guilty of hurting a child.  You hurt a child, you should not be allowed back into free society.  EVER! 

Maybe the motives of someone wanting to buy an assault weapon should be questioned, but where will it end? If we sit by and let our government start chipping away at our Constitutional rights, one day we may wake up and realize we let them take it all.

There is so much more to think about here.  I know the recent murder of children in Connecticut is still an open, painful wound for our nation, but let's let clearer heads prevail.  There are more issues than guns when it comes to protecting our kids.

Remember, this is our government, and we are the "WE" in "We the people...".  We voted for these people so tell them what we want, or don't vote for them again.

Our children need our protection, not our panic.