Fine, 125 years. The point stands. As for the "neutering" of the 2nd amendment -- don't care for that word. What I know is when it was written someone couldn't take legally purchased firearms to the 32nd floor of a hotel, fire more than 1,000 rounds, killing 60 people, wound another 400+ in 10 minutes. It is an amendment written for a time which no longer exists.

At the very least it needs to be modified. And I'll be the first in line to admit doing so will be nearly if not completely impossible given the extreme positions on each side of the arguments. But all you need to do is compare gun deaths in the US with any country in the world and it is pretty clear we need to do something.