Letter: The history of the Second Amendment

Regarding Ron Molen’s good letter to the editor Nov. 16, “Stricter gun laws,” Mr. Molen is right about our current uncontrolled gun availability. I’d like to add some history.When the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791, we should remember that a musket could fire one to three or four rounds per minute, requiring the gunman to stop between each shot and reload gunpowder, add a patch and a ball, use the ramrod to clean the barrel, and then seat the round bullet properly.