It is obvious (to me, anyway) that the Constitution needs to be updated and clarified in this matter. In 1780, everyone KNEW what a militia was and what 'bearing arms' to defend the country meant. But those who wrote the document and the amendment had no concept of either the state of the world in 250 years or the advancements in firearms.
   I sincerely doubt they would have been so brief and vague had they known.

   It simply makes NO sense for every adult who has not been convicted of a felony to have easy access to the range of weapons available today.

I do realize that, because there are so many illegal weapons, it would be extremely difficult to ban most firearms, but because there are so many unstable persons with fairly easy access to weapons, we are foolish to cling to some 'ideal' of setting hard-to-enforce rules, and continuing to sigh and clean up after each incident...whether a Virginia Tech, or a simple robbery with a cheap handgun gone bad.

   There ARE ways to mitigate the carnage...but folks like the NRA must compromise on some issues.