Some would say your “Mission Impossible” op-ed of Sunday, October 8, 2017, was “bordering on blasphemy”. There are, indeed, people to whom owning firearms is more important to them, by far, than their religion. Actually, it is their religion. It would not be a surprise if there were people, some in your own personal acquaintance, who would take up arms against their neighbors to protect their arsenals. But when you think about it, no meaningful or effective firearm regulation will ever happen as long as the Second Amendment is in place. It is the single, controlling, roadblock to any action of any kind by elected representatives in the United States Congress or state legislatures; or any effective enforcement of the multitude of gun laws already on the books. We do not know how many murder weapons would be floating around in America if there had never been a Second Amendment, but most likely, the number would be far fewer than the millions now out there.