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closeupready

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4. It's boring because it's sheerly an exercise in abstraction.

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Thu Dec 27, 2012, 05:09 PM

Dec 2012

With absolutely no possibility of happening. Or as much chance of happening as something like amending the First Amendment to prohibit flag-burning.

But people here like to talk about fantastical things as if they were one election cycle away from happening, so I am a little surprised more people haven't joined in to the discussion here.

I'm going to K&R anyway.

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Measuring the likelihood of Repealing the 2nd Amendment [View all] cthulu2016 Dec 2012 OP

This appears to be an unusually boring OP cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #1

I have to correct you on one technical point slackmaster Dec 2012 #2

Whoops! thank you cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #6

You're going to need a Micrometer for that sort of measurement OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #3

It's boring because it's sheerly an exercise in abstraction. closeupready Dec 2012 #4

About as likely as women's suffrage was in 1848 alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #5

Heck, I'd say 1870. cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #9

Barring adoption of a completely new constitution, no amendment from the Bill of Rights will EVER... JVS Dec 2012 #7

I agree entirely. SCOTUS created Heller and some other SCOTUS will probably un-create Heller cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #8