Sorry, but I see discussing whether we "could" repeal the 2nd as just wordplay. As Barnett says, there is a 'presumption of liberty' in our Constitution that cannot be ignored by we the people, or by any of our officials.
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Scalia is wrong.
The public has no right to decide important moral questions. 'Majority rule' does not trump our Constitution's rule of law.
It is not wordplay to state the limits of a particular design.
As remote as it might be, it is still what the words say. Just because no one has yet attempted to change them does not prevent someone from attempting in the future to do so.