They conveniently forget

that ‘well-regulated’ part

Re: “Finally an idea both sides of gun control issue may go for” (Letter to the editor, Eastbaytimes.com, Jan. 1):

Sorry, but gun control advocates do not need to repeal the Second Amendment. There seems to be a mass hysteria about this amendment.

Read it again. It does not guarantee everyone a right to a gun. It does state that people can have a gun, subject to a “well-regulated militia.”

The pistol-packing advocates continuously ignore the fact that collectively they are not a militia, which implies some form of organization, training and knowledge of their weapons.

They also conveniently forget that part about being well-regulated.

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Jim Cauble

Hayward

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