Second Amendment should be repealed?

According to the brilliant minds of the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune, we should junk the Second Amendment...

Read this bit of left-wing lunacy here.

No, we don't suppose that's going to happen any time soon. But it should.

The 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is evidence that, while the founding fathers were brilliant men, they could have used an editor.

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.

If the founders had limited themselves to the final 14 words, the amendment would have been an unambiguous declaration of the right to possess firearms. But they didn't, and it isn't. The amendment was intended to protect the authority of the states to organize militias. The inartful wording has left the amendment open to public debate for more than 200 years. But in its last major decision on gun rights, in 1939, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously found that that was the correct interpretation.

A lot of liberals say that the first part, a well-regulated militia means that the Constitution allows for the forming of a National Guard. Obviously these rocket scientists at the Trib aren't students of history, because the militia was considered all of the able-bodied males. Think I'm kidding? Read on.

The early colonists of America considered the militia an important social structure, necessary to defend their colonies from Indian attacks. "They were a group of citizens who would be ready to fight in any emergency" All able-bodied males were expected to be members of the local militia, though in practice there were many possible exemptions to service including: conscientious objection, attendance at college and engagement in important business. The important and wealthy could avoid service, if they wanted, by paying others to go in their place.

Read the rest here. Doesn't sound like a National Guard (all able-bodied males made up the militia) to me. But if you don't take the militia clause in historical context, I can see where the mistake could be made.

But there's no mistaking what our liberal, gun-fearing friends have in store. In their world, only the government should be responsible for their protection. I've got news for you: it takes at least 5-10 minutes at best for police to respond to an emergency. A perp (pronounced poip if you're from New Yawk) can do a lot to you and your family in 5-10 minutes. Wouldn't it be smarter to be armed and dispatch said criminal?

I celebrate the Supreme Court's decision and I'm glad that they reaffirmed our innate right to self-defense, both against criminals and a tyrannical government (which ours is becoming by the day).