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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http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.p?ref=/comment/comment-barnett071003.asp
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xzins:
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.
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So you insist that we could repeal the 2nd through a flaw in the design of our Constitution.
-- Lordy, -- save our Republic from those who think as you.
I am not the only one who thinks so.
Of course we could.
Tell me....why are folks afraid of a constitutional convention? No one wants one. Why would that possibly be?
So, it's not people who think like me about whom you should be afraid. It's people who don't realize what changes could be wrought about whom you need to be concerned.
This constitution has already seen other amendments....why not an amending of the 2nd amendment? You honestly don't think that is impossible, do you?