Reader Response
May, 2001
More on GunsAfter reading your interview with Michael Bellesiles about his book Arming America and the use, or nonuse, of firearms in early America ("Arming America," The Playboy Forum, January), I'm glad I never once used the Second Amendment or the "wishes of the forefathers" as an argument for the right to bear arms. However, regardless of the history of guns in America, they're everywhere now. Even if we wanted to eliminate guns, there's no feasible way that it can be don...
