want to get rid of handguns???

[rdking647]

repeal the 2nd amendment.

honestly unless that happens there's really no chance of getting rid of guns.
the simple fact is the 2nd lets people have guns. unless its repealed gun bans or any heavy gun restrictions rally have no chance

thats just simple reality

[safeinOhio]

1. Yet the 2nd

never mentions guns

[former9thward]

10. Maybe you should check the definition of "arms" in 1789.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. I agree. The second does need to be repealed or heavily revised.

To be much more specific about what is and is not allowed, and for what purposes.

[rdking647]

3. the problem is whats to stop with just teh 2nd

whats to stop a repeal of the first while your repealing the second?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. Are you trying to destroy the Democratic party?

[Lurks Often]

6. The 2nd Amendment will not be repealed or revised in our lifetimes

to think otherwise shows a worldview at best naive and at worse delusional. The gun control extremists will NEVER get the votes in Congress or among the 50 states.

It's why I rarely participate in these arguments here anymore, it's boring, the same arguments every time and no one ever changes their minds.

[Duckhunter935]

7. Not quite factual

It would then just go back to the states under the 10th. Many states already have weapons ownership in the state constitutions.

[HooptieWagon]

8. Good luck with that.

It'll take 3/4s of the States passing...won't even get half. And any pol supporting repeal will be committing political suicide.

[X_Digger]

9. Free hint: The bill of rights grants no rights. So repealing them removes no rights.

You might want to pick up a book on the enlightenment, then a modern textbook on constitutional law.

If you magically waved your hands and the bill of rights suddenly was minus an amendment, the right to keep and bear arms would go from being explicitly protected to being implicitly protected by the ninth and tenth amendments.

There are plenty of rights that we have that aren't explicitly protected. e.g. The right to travel- appears nowhere in the constitution or bill of rights.

The bill of rights is a 'the government shall not' document, not a 'the people can' document. It's right there in the preamble.

[cherokeeprogressive]

12. I never cease to be amazed by how few understand the Bill of Rights limits the GOVT and not

the People.

[Skittles]

11. can we get rid of cowardice instead?

fucking assholes