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Those who use the banal "criminals don't follow the laws / laws punish legal owners" line, are obtuse.

True criminals don't follow laws, but SETTING laws allows prosecution of those criminals who break them.

And no, those who obey aren't punished, because they BY DEFINITION, obey the laws.

The only reason to be against enforcing gun safety and responsibility, is if you're intention is to be irresponsible, or encourage others to be irresponsible, and thus further promote unsafe practices.

Also, personal anecdotes are not universal, so if you say you've been responsible and/or legal for decades, then OBVIOUSLY you're not the issue, so get a grip.

Not EVERYONE should have a gun.

This is CLEAR from the massive amount of gun violence.

And no, the 2nd Amendment DOES NOT support UNREGULATED ownership. REGULATION is explicitly called out in it, as being a DEFINING TRAIT of those for whom the 2nd explicitly protects the rights thereof.

Finally... the Constitution isn't "god given". The US is not and never has been a theocracy.

The founding fathers, and all legislators who added amendments to the Constitution, are NOT gods or demigods.

Guns are human inventions, as is the Constitution, and the rights of well-regulated militia to be armed, given by MEN.

The Constitution wasn't penned by god, nor was it written to justify or validate anyone's religious beliefs. (In fact, quite the contrary. It explicitly was intended to protect FROM endorsing any particular religion.)