Editor's Note: The following column by Buckeye Firearms Association Leader Larry S. Moore, was published in response to guest column published in the Xenia Gazette on March 12, entitled "The Second Amendment, guns and death". The author of that anti-gun piece, attorney Jack LeMoult, once wrote that "most men are emotionally frail aggregations of self-doubt and vulnerability. The possession of a gun is like a tonic, adding an exhilarating sense of power to a sagging ego."

By Larry S. Moore

Mr. LeMoult puts forth several points in his recent "Ideas" column titled "The Second Amendment, guns and death.” This is not fresh thinking or new ideas on the part of the author. It is a rather tired summarization of many years of liberal thinking regarding the Second Amendment.

There are two views of the meaning of the Second Amendment. One is generally termed the collective view, which is the one put forth in the piece. The militia clause is the part of the amendment on which this view concentrates. The militia was every able bodied free man. That is not the same as the standing state National Guard units of today.

By Gerard Valentino

For years, pro-gun advocates have rightfully pointed out that several key groups are a serious threat to our gun rights. Most are avowed anti-gun organizations or have some other emotion based argument for wanting to confiscate the guns of law-abiding citizens. But, a bigger and more dangerous threat continues to put our firearms rights in jeopardy – employers.