LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Founders didn’t foresee all

OPINION:

The Founders intended for people to have “the right to keep and bear arms” in order to fend off a tyrannical government. However, they could not have anticipated the advances of technology (i.e., semi- and automatic weapons and beyond). Even if the latter type of weapons falls under Second Amendment rights, I would argue that future weapons of much greater damage potential would need government regulation. For example, a small nuclear or laser device that could destroy a city block (or a whole city) would be too dangerous for purchase by the average citizen.

JAY KATZEN

Potomac