Oh, who cares about those amendments...

Those amendments are a funny thing.

Just so you all out there know...the amendments are those articles and ideals that a bunch of big wigs concocted some 232 years ago. They're kind of what this country was founded upon...in 1776. I repeat...in 1776 some 232 years ago.

What was going on 232 years ago? Well, Catherine the Great of Russia was still in control. Australia was being settled by Europeans. The Industrial Revolution had started at the beginning of the century. I can go on and on. I have Wikipedia bookmarked.

What wasn't around? Computers, the television, the female orgasm, homosexuality, basketball, your smug Prius Hybrid, the clitoris, and denim...

Let me just go to the constitution real quick. The Second Amendment, added in 1791, states:

" A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

Up until fairly recent, Washington, DC had a ban on firearms. That ban was overturned and the constitution was upheld. Thank God. Right? Well, that's just in DC.

Turn your attention to this news trinket. This guy shoots his lawnmower. He didn't shoot his gardner who is mowing his lawn. No, he shot his "Lawn Boy." A woman who lives in the some house as this man alerted police citing that he was drunk. He was charged with felony possession of a short-barreled shotgun or rifle and misdemeanor disorderly conduct while armed. Quick note: This man who is definitely older than 21 years old shot his own lawnmower on his own property. I really do not see a crime here.

Do not get me wrong. I understand both sides of this argument. It's the same old guns don't kill people, people kill people versus the simple guns kill debate. But, if you took the gun out of the hands of the people, no guns would kill people. Maybe then we could expect a right to bear knives constitutional amendment. That would never fly though. Additionally the District of Columbia desperately needs this ban on firearms to return, as do Detroit, Philadelphia and Camden.

The fact of the matter is, however, that there's a constitutional amendment that gives citizens the right to bear firearms. (The citizen part is a whole other debate.) That's what the Supreme Court has decided and has banged its gavel on the matter. Yet, are we really allowed to bear firearms? Is it really happening? Is this country whole-heartedly doing so? In Virginia, you're allowed to bear firearms. Just a couple more miles east on I-66, you'd better get rid of that gun. It's inconsistent, but it's ok.

I, for one, would be more concerned with this debate than the debate on same-sex marriage. Guns or People...one debate deals with death. The other deals with love, commitment and, oh yeah, tax breaks. One aids drug cartels and the other aids caterers, florists and the U-Haul company. We're going to ignore one constitutional amendment and uphold another.

Around 200 years after the Constitution was drafted by Ben, Jefferson, and all those dudes, this document has evolved from emancipating the slaves, giving woman the right to vote, denying Americans alcohol and then allowing it when the government said it was acceptable to be sloshed again.

The next time I hear someone say that the constitution can't be altered and that it's etched in stone, I'm going to cite my second amendment.

(Disclaimer #1: Digi Mondt does not own a firearm nor will use any said non-existing firearm as a prop to demonstrate the second amendment.)

(Disclaimer #2: This entry is not meant to encourage you to shoot your lawnmower, especially if it runs on gasoline. You might blow that shit up.)