In light of the recent shootings in high schools by high school students, gun control legislation is at the forefront of national controversy. Gun opponents are just as adamant in their position that if guns weren't so readily available for people to pick up, shootings would not be able to occur with such regularity. I am not going to get into whether or not the Second Amendment gives citizens an unconditional right to possess a gun. That argument is pointless. There is another very important component to the United States Constitution that must be considered when discussing Constitutional issues.
Future considerations are the authors' words.
These words reflect that the authors' were well aware of the likelihood that society would probably change to such a degree, that the Constitution as originally written and intended, might be incapable of addressing appropriately. Since the 19th century, the United States Supreme Court has consistently ruled that the Second Amendment does not bind the states to permit unconditional possession of weapons by citizens. Homicide risk is twice as high in homes where there is a gun. Suicide risk is 5 times higher in a home where there is a gun. The risk of death within a household is 43 times greater in a house where there is a gun.