To my way of thinking, there are VERY few examples of "responsible" gun owners.

[Stinky The Clown]

82. Couple of things:

First, While I'm a Democrat I am not in lock step. This is one of those points.

Next, and more importantly, what I propose does not require the repeal of the 2A. The 2A's allowing private gun ownership is an interpretation. I interpret it to mean what it says: a well regulated militia. See, here's what it says:

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was adopted, having been ratified by three-fourths of the states.

Let's parse a few words, okay?

"A well regulated militia" does not even hint at a bunch of heavily armed yahoos running around waving their guns like a Baathist at a wedding celebration. It more likely means something like a police force, a national guard, an army, a navy. But in my view, it means the cops, or the local constabulary if you prefer archaic English.

This is further undergirded by the next phrase: "necessary for the security of a free state". They wanted the cops to keep us safe.

But the biggest is the final phrase about abridging this right. Notice that the word "People" is capitalized. If it said "the right of people to keep and bear arms" then the bands of heavily armed yahoos is what the founding fathers envisioned. But that's to what they said. The word People has a capital P. Because it means not the individual, but society. It means society's right. The right of We The People, not the right of we people.

Not one word of the 2A needs to be changed to do what I wish to do.

So how does it get done?

Easy. It goes to the Supremes. Or Congress. It becomes a matter of rules and regulations, not Constitutional changes.