People think the founding fathers wrote a perfect document. They did not

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. This is the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. One sentence that has caused so much controversy over the years. I would like to use a little common sense in a very small post today.

People think the founding fathers wrote a perfect document. They did not.The Cinstitution did not allow anyone other than men with land the right to vote. Women were not allowed the right to vote. People of color were not granted freedom from slavery. They were not even counted as a full human being for the purpose of representation. Citizens were not even allowed to vote for their own Senators. The office was often sold to the highest bidder.

The one thing they did right,some may even say the genius of the document,was the ability to change it in order to make it relevant to the times as the country grew. By doing this the Founders were trying to write a Constitution whose rights were not intended to be absolute.In fact,many of the mistakes in Article one were corrected with Amendments 11 through 27.

Any person with half a brain must admit that these Founding fathers could not have envisioned the kind of weapons we would develop today. Any person with half a brain must see that by closing gun show loopholes and stopping the sale of assault riffles or guns with clips tat hold 40-50 shells is not infringing on a citizens right to bear arms .  Could we all agree that some steps need to be taken since 50% of all guns are sold without a background check. Common sense gun laws are even an issue supported by a majority of NRA members.

When the hell will we wake up and stop this madness. President Obama must grow a spine and do something. The country is behind him. At least the sane ones are.