Alexander Hamilton

The school shooting in Nashville, Tenn., this week has once again brought the debate over guns in the U.S. to the fore.

You could argue that makes the Second Amendment null and void, like the part in the Constitution about enslaved people being counted as three-fifths of a person in the census. You want to be true to the Second Amendment, right? “This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it,” he explained. The “well-regulated militia” was under the command of the president. It would be “a real grievance to the people, and a serious public inconvenience and loss,” he wrote. It was “the military arm” of the government. And requiring every citizen to serve in the military would be ridiculous, he said. That’s why they wanted America’s military force to be made up of part-time volunteers drawn from the ranks of regular citizens. In the wake of the Nashville shooting, there’s been a lot of attention paid online to what the first half of the amendment means. degree of proficiency in military functions.” And, although it was organized state by state, it needed to be under the ultimate control of the national government. [Soldier of Fortune](https://www.sofmag.com/) magazine running around in the woods with AR-15s and war paint on their faces. Before I go any further, let me say that I am not antigun, nor do I want guns “banned.” I am opposed to the extremists on both sides of this debate.