Over 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks. As a result, our Fourth Amendment rights have been almost completely decimated. Walk into any airport and the fourth amendment disappears into thin air. Approximately 2,800 Americans are killed every month by people with firearms, yet we cannot put any reasonable restrictions on firearms or the people who buy them. We are told by the gun lobby and their allies in our government that any common sense gun laws would violate the second amendment.

Apparently, the Second Amendment is more important than the Fourth to our lawmakers. These politicians also seem to find that the campaign contributions they receive from the gun lobby have more value than the lives of those who are slaughtered by people with firearms, including schoolchildren.

Steve Shirey,

Kent