Second Amendment rights cannot be changed

Second Amendment rights cannot be changed
EDITOR:
A simple question: What does this mean? The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
A simple and straight forward answer:
1. The right of the people -- this is our right; we have the right; we are the people
2. To keep -- to own, hold and possess.
3. And bear arms -- to carry and use in any lawful manner, any manner which breaks no other law, such as hunting, target shooting, competition shooting, self defense, defense of others, in defense of home and property -- and the two most important -- in defense of your country and your rights, (the Constitution and the Bill of Rights); whether to protect these rights from any power outside this country or even to protect your rights from our own federal, state or local governments.
4. Shall not be infringed -- not to any degree, period. Not to a large degree, not to a medium degree, not to a small degree, not to any degree or extent shall this right of the people be infringed upon by any government or agency thereof.
This means that every gun law passed any time after the Second Amendment is both illegal and unconstitutional, not to mention an infringement on your rights, No law which follows can modify the previous law to the point that it changes the original meaning. And the original meaning in this case is quite clear to anyone who has eyes to see.
Those who would tell you otherwise either have no understanding of the Constitution or they simply have their own agenda.
If you want to control crime, then pass and enforce crime laws, not gun laws. Gun laws only serve to control and make criminals out of otherwise honest and law-abiding citizens. Gun laws do absolutely nothing to control crime or criminals.
EDWARD J. SHAFFER
Niles
Worker's Memorial Day recalls lives lost on job
EDITOR:
"Workers Memorial Day" April 28 is a day set aside to remember and pay tribute to workers who have lost their lives because of the work place.
Each year, 66,800 Americans die at work or from work-related illness. If we were at war and 183 men and women were killed day after day, we would be outraged and would be begging Congress to put a stop to it. We have OSHA laws that we must make sure are enforced.
I would ask that we fly our flags and that the flags of public and private businesses be flown at half mast in memory of those who have lost their lives.
Please take a moment of your day to remember union and non-union brothers and sisters who have lost their lives because of the work place. Their smiles and laughter will never be forgotten. Please work carefully and safely in their memory.
ANNA J. McCANDLESS
Mercer, Pa.
X The writer is president of United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO Local 5306.
High-tech jobs illusory, prison positions surer
EDITOR:
Bob Hagan must be flying with his illusions hanging out if he thinks high-tech companies will relocate to Youngstown or Ohio or be any kind of salvation here.
The fact is that Asia has 4 billion people who are willing to work for 10 cents an hour, and American industry has noted this in spades. Prisons cannot be moved overseas to dirt-cheap slave-labor countries, but high-tech jobs sure can.
By the way, high-tech is a hoax for job creation. According to Time magazine, less than 2 percent of the American work force is in high-tech jobs. It is no panacea.
Illusions seem to placate the public much better than facts. Or it shuts them up better.
JOHN D. AMBROSE
Norton