Gun control

National Catholic Reporter, July 4, 2003

* I applaud Kris Berggren's honesty--she is one of the few anti-Second Amendment folks who admit that this section of the Bill of Rights "preserves the individual's right to keep and bear arms" (NCR, June 6). The Constitution also provides the way--in Article V--that she can legitimately have this section amended rather than the course many anti-gunners take of trying to have a judge rule that people in the Second Amendment means government. The National Guard and the Army Reserves are not the "militia" referred to in the amendment. Before Ms. Berggren does proceed to have the amendment abolished, she may find interesting Professor John Lott's book, More Guns, Less Crime, and Richard Poe's The Seven Myths of Gun Control.

GUY McCLUNG

Spring, Texas