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Lets be Politically Incorrect and Repeal the Second Amendment (Original Post) tomhagen Mar 2018 OP
I don't trust modern politicos to change the constitution that much Freelancer Mar 2018 #1
I don't believe that you have to change the 2nd amendment lapfog_1 Mar 2018 #2
From This Morning: Fog Off Mar 2018 #3
The interpretation is what is fucked up about it world wide wally Mar 2018 #4

Freelancer

(2,107 posts)
1. I don't trust modern politicos to change the constitution that much
Wed Mar 28, 2018, 01:17 PM
Mar 2018

"Well regulated" is in there. It leaves an opening a mile wide to control access to guns without getting 3/4 of the states to ratify some theoretical substitute for the second amendment.

For the most part, we've managed to keep the numbered list of constitutional amendments off the list of political footballs that the parties feel free to bat back and forth with electoral pendulum swings. Let's leave it at that.

lapfog_1

(29,166 posts)
2. I don't believe that you have to change the 2nd amendment
Wed Mar 28, 2018, 01:49 PM
Mar 2018

I think all that is required at this point is for Congress to pass legislation that defines the term "firearm" and either override a possible veto or get the President to sign such a bill.

I would personally not have a problem with "firearm" to be defined as those weapons available to the people at the time the 2nd amendment was passed to be defined as what the founding fathers intended.

All other weapons could either be outright denied, just as we do with most military hardware today or allowed with strict scrutiny ( extensive background checks, smart triggers, periodic training and licensing, etc )

world wide wally

(21,719 posts)
4. The interpretation is what is fucked up about it
Wed Mar 28, 2018, 07:57 PM
Mar 2018

How can they just throw out the first 8 words and "pretend" they don't exist?

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