“the constitution doesn’t prohibit violence on another person. The states do that.”
Yes, I know.
“Can you give us the language of your proposed amendment so we can mull it over for the convention?”
Oh, off the top of my head, how about something like:
Any person, citizen or non-citizen, who publicly burns or otherwise desecrates the flag of the United States thereby forfeits his right to freedom from violence upon his person. No citizen shall be prosecuted for committing violence upon the person of any citizen or non-citizen who publicly burns or otherwise desecrates the flag of the United States, or for the consequences of that violence.
This shall not apply to those who respectfully retire the flag by burning in an appropriate ceremony.
I can see the states lining up now to vote for ratification. You made me mad, I get to hit you. Good deal, kind of simple like pre-school.