I think we can all agree on two things.  For one, events like what just happened in Newtown CT (or Aurora, or Columbine, etc.) are horrific and despicable - we should do everything in our power to reduce the likelihood that they ever happen again.  And two, our founding fathers were extraordinarily brilliant and prescient, and the Constitution they constructed is a miraculous work that we are very fortunate to have as a foundation for this great country.

But if we are to do everything we can to reduce incidents like Newtown, we must face the fact that it's time to do something about our current interpretation of the Second Amendment.

Remember that when the framers ensured "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms", the most advanced guns were single-shot musket-like rifles.  Does anyone honestly believe that if they could see our country today and the proliferation of weapons like the Bushmaster .223 with exploding rounds or a Glock that fires five rounds a second, easily available to just about anyone including the clearly criminally insane like Adam Lanza, they'd say "Yeah, that's what we were trying to protect."?