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33. So what does that tell you? Nt

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Repeal the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution [View all] Stuart G Nov 2022 OP

I'd vote for that. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #1

It's not a thing you get to vote for. maxsolomon Nov 2022 #117

It's just a phrase. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #118

38 states to ratify. roamer65 Nov 2022 #2

Repeal is the hard way. Chainfire Nov 2022 #10

This! The Supreme Court overstepped wildly on this one FakeNoose Nov 2022 #38

Which really goes back to dark money owning our elected officials and now the supreme court. BComplex Nov 2022 #52

I think it depends Polybius Nov 2022 #60

You seriously think any SC would rule for a total ban of all private gun ownership ? MichMan Nov 2022 #70

Of course not. What the court could do is determine that there is not an inviolable right Chainfire Nov 2022 #81

The Court has already ruled that. Straw Man Nov 2022 #102

Honestly that's on the same level as "Terraform Mars to a perfect year-round Cali climate in 30 yrs" WarGamer Nov 2022 #3

Why make a siren call to those in the underworld? 48656c6c6f20 Nov 2022 #4

I mean...we can't even get legislation controlling assault weapons through the Senate. tritsofme Nov 2022 #5

YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. "We can't even get legislation t control assault weapons through the Senate." Stuart G Nov 2022 #9

Easier way is to stack the Supreme Court and start reversing past gun rulings. roamer65 Nov 2022 #6

It would be easier to expand the Supreme Court Mr.Bill Nov 2022 #7

Not only is it not feasible Zeitghost Nov 2022 #8

We need a discussion about this problem and proposing an amendment is a way to do this. Stuart G Nov 2022 #11

An if that discussion Zeitghost Nov 2022 #12

The opposite is true onenote Nov 2022 #63

You would be fueling the "they are coming for our guns" claim but even more intensely because SYFROYH Nov 2022 #94

The process is simple sarisataka Nov 2022 #13

I wish! 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2022 #14

I wish too. That is the point of this discussion. Stuart G Nov 2022 #15

"I wish" pretty much sums it up. ShazzieB Nov 2022 #37

Dozens of State constitutions also have the right be bear arms in them NickB79 Nov 2022 #16

Let the states decide this..as opposed to the U.S. Constitution.. Stuart G Nov 2022 #20

That would be as useless as the current situation re: abortion. Ocelot II Nov 2022 #40

Do you support an assault weapons ban? Polybius Nov 2022 #61

I support a nation-wide assault weapons ban. Everywhere in the U.S.A. Stuart G Nov 2022 #91

Ok, let's game this out, MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2022 #95

Criminals in state "Q" would turn in all their guns ? MichMan Nov 2022 #71

Let the states decide like they are doing now with abortion? Kaleva Nov 2022 #82

Ummm inthewind21 Nov 2022 #90

I think we should just get rid of the "shall not be infringed" part. Initech Nov 2022 #17

The 2A has been legally misinterpreted. "A well regulated Militia " Deuxcents Nov 2022 #18

No. Absolutely No. Xolodno Nov 2022 #19

I think you are wrong..Guns have nothing to do with "free speech" "religion" etc. Stuart G Nov 2022 #21

You actually made my point. Xolodno Nov 2022 #29

+1. key phrase here, "given the electoral map" stopdiggin Nov 2022 #39

That's a very valid point, Xolodno, but we really need to stop children from dying NewsCenter28 Nov 2022 #75

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Nov 2022 #85

Ain't gonna happen. Aside from gun nuts and afeared people... TreasonousBastard Nov 2022 #22

I have a college friend melm00se Nov 2022 #79

Yeah inthewind21 Nov 2022 #92

Hell, we couldn't even pass the ERA - no chance for 2nd Amendment repeal. walkingman Nov 2022 #23

Even with a constitutional convention...... The Grand Illuminist Nov 2022 #24

And with a Constitutional Convention Darwins_Retriever Nov 2022 #72

Only 2 things the rw have advantage of with a convention... The Grand Illuminist Nov 2022 #129

rewrite it so even gun humping morons can understand Skittles Nov 2022 #25

There are reconstructed minutes from the 1st congress IbogaProject Nov 2022 #26

Well after the Bill of Rights was passed.. EX500rider Nov 2022 #109

Bullets didn't exist then IbogaProject Nov 2022 #112

That's hardly relevant as to what they meant with the 2nd Adm. EX500rider Nov 2022 #114

What did and didn't exist when a law passed is very imporant IbogaProject Nov 2022 #115

By this logic sarisataka Nov 2022 #119

TV is regularly censored IbogaProject Nov 2022 #126

TV is censored? sarisataka Nov 2022 #127

Except the 2nd mentions neither rifles or pistols EX500rider Nov 2022 #123

As to insurance I don't think it will do what you want.. EX500rider Nov 2022 #124

Why not? IbogaProject Nov 2022 #125

Uninsured drivers is one thing EX500rider Nov 2022 #128

So if pistols and rifles that could shoot multiple rounds existed in 1789, modern repeaters would.. SYFROYH Nov 2022 #131

There were genocidal murders of Native Americans and they did nothing. GreenWave Nov 2022 #27

Most people didn't know about that genocide until "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" was published by Stuart G Nov 2022 #28

The US cavalry filed reports. I read some of them. GreenWave Nov 2022 #78

i am okay with that. barbtries Nov 2022 #30

So what does that tell you? Nt sarisataka Nov 2022 #33

it ain't gonna happen. barbtries Nov 2022 #35

never happen in my or your life time republianmushroom Nov 2022 #31

There is not a single state that would propose or even ratify repeal onenote Nov 2022 #32

Most people agree with Hobbes, people cannot be compelled to give up the right of self defense bucolic_frolic Nov 2022 #34

Simple Orrex Nov 2022 #43

Hold the strick constructionists to strict construction? Love to see it ... /nt bucolic_frolic Nov 2022 #49

Wow! So if the government does not like a certain newspaper publisher they can just ban kelly1mm Nov 2022 #51

I love it when people assign opinions to me and then take me to task for those opinions Orrex Nov 2022 #53

Its called an analogy - look it up. If the government can ban the sale of guns and not be in kelly1mm Nov 2022 #55

Well aren't you clever! Orrex Nov 2022 #56

Nope. We are done here. It is obvious you are not serious. We both know that there kelly1mm Nov 2022 #57

We were done here as soon as you replied. Shame on me for humoring you. Orrex Nov 2022 #59

Yes. I look forward to the USSC agreeing with your position. Don't hold your breath .... nt kelly1mm Nov 2022 #69

If House and Senate Dems had reformed SCOTUS while they had the chance NewsCenter28 Nov 2022 #74

It's going to take mass casualties at a gun show to end this terror. Simeon Salus Nov 2022 #36

If murdering five-year-olds at an elementary school wasn't enough, Ocelot II Nov 2022 #41

You've never been to a gun show, have you. SYFROYH Nov 2022 #88

Nice idea and I would love to see it, but as long as we are writing science fiction here ..... dobleremolque Nov 2022 #42

Not repealed, modified. Whatthe_Firetruck Nov 2022 #44

Militia has been defined in the Militia Act of 1903 (per Title 10 of the U.S. Code, Section 311) EX500rider Nov 2022 #110

Question: and then what? brooklynite Nov 2022 #45

I have thought about this for a while since I posted the original post. Stuart G Nov 2022 #47

Automatics are already illegal Polybius Nov 2022 #62

You and I can buy and own automatic guns Kaleva Nov 2022 #97

This message was self-deleted by its author Polybius Nov 2022 #98

You have to get a judge's signature Polybius Nov 2022 #99

No you dont Kaleva Nov 2022 #100

Very interesting Polybius Nov 2022 #104

NYC itself may have tighter restrictions on automatic weapons Kaleva Nov 2022 #106

I don't even bother to try and get a handgun here, it's too much work last I checked Polybius Nov 2022 #107

Sorry, BUT I am a gun owner Smackdown2019 Nov 2022 #46

Something I would love to see. NewHendoLib Nov 2022 #48

OK, The point has been made that.... reACTIONary Nov 2022 #50

Efforts at repeal will make lesser restrictions more difficult to pass onenote Nov 2022 #65

Yes. Straw Man Nov 2022 #105

Good points. nt reACTIONary Nov 2022 #121

Not necessary JackSabbath Nov 2022 #54

If that what it meant when written.. EX500rider Nov 2022 #111

I think not. Im good with the 2nd Amendment. SYFROYH Nov 2022 #58

It's sad that Americans value the 2A more than the life of a dead child in Uvalve-n/t NewsCenter28 Nov 2022 #73

I think we can do both - value the lives of all people as well as protect civil liberties SYFROYH Nov 2022 #86

Huh, this may work, why as no one thought of it before? Fla_Democrat Nov 2022 #64

Texas Paul has a thought...for now...(not to change the original subject) NowsTheTime Nov 2022 #66

Drunk driving used to be no big deal. Now it is. hunter Nov 2022 #67

Yet, prohibition didn't return, and sales of cigarettes are still allowed MichMan Nov 2022 #76

Guns are a lot less popular than people living in the gun bubble think. hunter Nov 2022 #77

Funny, no one said guns sarisataka Nov 2022 #83

Nobody asked my advice. hunter Nov 2022 #89

I think you are severely underestimating the popularity of hunting in many states MichMan Nov 2022 #84

I didn't pass it down to my children. hunter Nov 2022 #87

Causing a even BIGGER need for firearms while in the wild IMO nt EX500rider Nov 2022 #113

That would be pretty cool. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2022 #116

Absolutely EnergizedLib Nov 2022 #68

Just wait a bit inthewind21 Nov 2022 #93

When the movement to repeal matches the energy of the civil rights movement... Kaleva Nov 2022 #80

The Prohibition movement seems a more apt analogy. tritsofme Nov 2022 #96

The prohibition movement was an effort to enact sn Amendment Kaleva Nov 2022 #103

Prohibition was a movement to restrict or remove rights/privileges. tritsofme Nov 2022 #108

But there was no Amendment in the Constitution for the Prohibitionists to repeal Kaleva Nov 2022 #120

Not sure why you find that so important? Both are seeking to change the Constitution. tritsofme Nov 2022 #122

What would a Founding Father say? Let's ask! ThoughtCriminal Nov 2022 #101

I think you will need more support ripcord Nov 2022 #130

This has been a good and lively debate about guns in GD. SYFROYH Nov 2022 #132