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Freelancer

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1. I don't trust modern politicos to change the constitution that much

Reply to tomhagen (Original post)

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.

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Lets be Politically Incorrect and Repeal the Second Amendment [View all] 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