Why Aren’t Guns Allowed in Airplanes ?

Make up your mind...you can't pretend to support the Constitution and hate it simultaneously.

You are making the "constitution only covers muskets" argument. Silly but empty. It appeals to younger Americans deprived of meaningful education.

The Constitution details the structure of government, the responsibilities of government and the limits of government. The Bill of Rights (yep, that's the name of it) details the rights of government.

Just kidding, it outlines the rights of the people the government cannot infringe on- speech-religion-treatment of the criminally accused-property owners-firearms....

The term militia appers in the main body of the Constitution also (surprise!)-Article I, Section 8-
To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years;

To provide and maintain a navy;

To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;

To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei#section8

The term "militia" (the key but specific word you hope for) refers to civilian ownership. That wasn't by mistake, the Constitution already provides for an Army. The framers found private ownership of firearms crucial to the preservation of the liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. In fact it's listed at (and I'm not making this up) #2 in the Bill of Rights.

A year later, Congress passed the Militia Act of 1792
www.mountvernon.org/education/primary-source-collections/primary-source-collections/article/militia-act-of-1792/

Giving the president the legal authority to call up civilians to serve the country (early version of the draft)

www.mountvernon.org/education/primary-source-collections/primary-source-collections/article/militia-act-of-1792/

More meaningful-
Every citizen, so enrolled and notified, shall, within six months thereafter, provide himself with a good musket or firelock, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, and a knapsack, a pouch, with a box therein, to contain not less than twenty four cartridges, suited to the bore of his musket or firelock, each cartridge to contain a proper quantity of powder and ball; or with a good rifle, knapsack, shot-pouch, and powder-horn, twenty balls suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter of a pound of powder.

Yep, they were tasked with bringing their own firearm, ammo and powder.

Did it ever bring you to wonder just how those who created the country had less understanding of their intent than present day activists?

You think that people who get to the mental state that it takes to follow through with these types of crimes aren't going to find a way to obtain a firearm if they are illegal?

It's been mentioned in some of your other gun threads, but I think this is more of a mental health crisis than anything else. Guns existed for a long time without these stories being a regular occurrence.

A couple of things:

I was reading that 70+% of these mass shootings were done obtaining guns by legal means. I would think some of the mass shootings would be prevented had the guns been not as easily accessible.

Also as for guns existing a long time without these stories being a regular occurrence - this changed with 24/7 news cycle as well as more resources to get the information to the public far away from the events. This year seems to be insanely high either way.

It is that easy, literally. Passing the background check is the only prereq.

Yes, criminal history. I bought a new handgun a couple weeks ago...aside from BS'ing with one of the employees, I could have been in and out in 20 minutes.

I've long been a proponent of expanding background checks and reinstating the waiting period for certain firearms, arguably all.

Yes, a deeper dig into the applicant.

We need to get all this information into a single data silo for these firearm purchases.

Our government agencies are terrible at sharing information. My opinion, that type of a discharge should show up during a background check.

Waffle ? I clearly want to remove all guns from society. During that negotiation I expect exceptions to be made by location and certification level

Lol