The Flaw with the 2nd Amendment...

I'm not sure if any of you heard about this, but in Colombia, South Carolina, a four year old girl accidentally 'exercised her 2nd Amendment rights' with her grandmother's concealed handgun.

The girl fortunately survived the gunshot wound to her chest - and South Carolina police didn't press charges against her grandmother (we are talking about South Carolina, here.)

It did raise some interesting issues, though - like what the hell a 47 year old grandmother was doing with a handgun concealed in her purse. I didn't realise shopping at Sam's Club Wholesale Store was so dangerous!

The woman in question, aside from being an idiot, was a county magistrate and claimed that her job was 'dangerous' enough to warrant carrying a concealed weapon. The authorities were more than happy to issue her a 'Carry and Conceal Permit (we are talking about South Carolina, here.)

However, herein lies the flaw I've identified with the 2nd Amendment...

Most of the people in America who vehemently defend their right to own handguns are the last people in the world who should be owning handguns.

Seriously, the first rule of disqualifying somebody for a 'Carry and Conceal' permit should be the fact that they applied for a 'Carry and Conceal' permit in the first place.

I absolutely agree with private gun ownership - but only for people who are quite rightly terrified of guns, hate them and keep the damn things in pieces, locked up in a safe in their basement.

The people who love guns - who fetishize them [You just made that word up - Editorial Bear] should immediately be banned from ever owning them.

• Seriously - you own more than three handguns? Clearly not the sort of person we want wielding a semi-automatic.
• You think the mattress-mounted bedside shotgun rack is an essential part of your home defence strategy? You are NOT sane enough to own a scatter gun.
• If you have ever used the expression 'Guns don't kill people... People kill people' unironically, [You just made that word up too - Editorial Bear] you are CLEARLY two cans short of a six pack.

Basically, if you think guns are 'sexy', it's quite possible you're missing that essential brain-component that makes you a good candidate to own a weapon. Shotguns and handguns are for farmers, police officers and secret agents. Suburbanites like us should consider a Louisville Slugger all we need to defend our homes and family.

Actually, scratch that. I'm personally with the philosophy you'll find over at our partner blog, Renaissance Babes. Who the hell wants to own a loud, messy, dangerous gun when you could be wielding the ultimate in personal defence equipment - a sword!

"I don't see why so many Americans get their knickers in a twist about the 2nd Amendment, since swords are so much cooler than guns."