The second amendment is not written in stone

[Egnever]

It is an amendment.

It can be removed or modified. The idea it is written in stone is a fallacy.

[guillaumeb]

1. Recommended.

But fro some on the right, the Second Amendment was written on the reverse side of the Ten Commandments.

Ask Roy Moore.

[maxsolomon]

2. It doesn't need either

It says right there the militia needs regulation. Time to Regulate.

[hack89]

3. Heller says otherwise.

Right now gun ownership is an individual right not connected to militia service.

[Averagegrunt]

12. They are

Most states consider their National Guard the regulated militia.

[maxsolomon]

13. the militia has 2 classes, no?

the Unorganized Militia needs the fuck regulated out of it.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

16. The militia argument no longer matters.

From a legal standpoint at least. DC v Heller basically severed the militia clause from the Amendment. Arguing to tie the the right to own guns to militia service is a legal dead end at this point until Heller is overturned.

[maxsolomon]

17. I can dream can't I?

The Unorganized Militia is the one that commits Rampage Killings.

With Rights should come Responsibilities.

[hack89]

4. No one is saying that

It would be very hard but not impossible.

[Egnever]

5. No one? Really?

They may not be saying it in those words but they certainly act like it could not be abolished.

It can and I would argue at this point needs to be or at the very least heavily modified.

[hack89]

19. It is extremely unlikely to be changed simply because there is little public support to change it

Do you really think that there are 38 states willing to ratify such a change?

[democratisphere]

6. I thought the Second Amendment was written on Moses' stone tablet

which he received from the Almighty. Better not mess with this or else........

[SCantiGOP]

7. If we can't get minor, symbolic changes to gun laws

How in the hell would anyone think we could get 2/3 of Congress to pass a Constitutional Amendment to repeal the 2nd, and then have 3/4 of the states endorse it? Ridiculous.

[madville]

8. Of course it could be modified or abolished

There is a clearly defined procedure to do so. Any amendment could be modified or abolished with enough political support.

[X_Digger]

20. And repeal / 'abolishment' doesn't make the right go away.

The bill of rights grants no rights, so repealing an amendment merely moves the right from being enumerated to unenumerated.

[ileus]

9. We can remove them all.

As for me and my family we'll remain progressive on the 2A.

[VOX]

10. It would be easy to modify, if it weren't a weight-bearing support-beam of GOP politics.

Guns are a $15 billion-a-year business, and the Republican Party and NRA are comfortable with that. It's mind-boggling that after incidents like Virginia Tech, Aurora, Sandy Hook and Las Vegas (to mention only a few), neither the Republicans nor the NRA feel the need to change anything. It's just business as usual...in the United States.

[Skittles]

11. it needs to be rewritten so gun humping IDIOTS can understand

[Codeine]

14. Sure it CAN be. Every amendment CAN be

revisited and modified given enough support from the states.

That said, it WON'T be. You'd have more luck wishing yourself to the moon.

[MyNameGoesHere]

15. I don't know, I remember seeing Charlton Heston

Come down from the mount holding stone tablets. I think it was written in stone.

[sarisataka]

18. None of them are.

And there are people who wouy like to see more than the second eliminated.

Be careful what you wish for