Letters: Founders would be aghast at how guns are used now

The writers of the Second Amendment lived in a world where guns were primarily a grocery-getting device, as in “let’s have squirrel for dinner.” Secondarily, they were intended to be used in a “well-regulated militia,” a peace-keeping force of volunteer citizens in a country where there was no army and no police force.The founders of our country would be aghast to see how guns are now used daily for resolving petty personal disputes, often homicidally. Guns as they