"On the other hand, traffic fatalities--of which some few are premeditated-- approach what, 40,000 per year, and we don't hear calls for outlawing cars."

That's not a good comparison. Cars are designed to be a method of transport and convenience, and over time have been engineered to be as safe as possible, to protect life as much as possible.

Guns, on the other hand, have but one real purpose, which is to put a hole in or through the object that the gun is pointed at, thereby causing some degree of damage. Some guns and their associated ammo are engineered to maximize the degree of damage.

To all those who hold the Second Amendment dear, here it is in all its glory: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

So how many gun owners are part of a well regulated militia? Are militias even still legal in the U.S.A.? And who checked this freakin' amendment for grammar, even by 1789 standards?