(CNN) Both as a citizen and as a public safety leader, I have been reflecting, following the carnage in Orlando, on the presence and significance of guns in American society. In both roles, citizen and law enforcement, I am bound by the Constitution and its amendments, including the Second Amendment: "... the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." And to tell you the truth, even if I were not bound by my constitutional oath, I would never argue with a person's right to defend self and home and family and others from imminent threat to life. That is a basic human right.Cedric L. Alexander: After Orlando, we need better enforcement of Second Amendment responsibilitiesAlong with right to bear arms, we have constitutional obligation to serve our communities, he says
It is true today, and it is a responsibility that, faithfully carried out, will do the very most we can to prevent another _.