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To: Wonder Warthog
Do you honestly think that the legislatures of 3/4's of the states WOULDN'T pass such an amendment???

I'm not sure about that one way or the other. But I am pretty sure that the yea votes of 2/3 of both Houses of Congress that are required to pass the amendment and send it to the states are not there at this time and probably won't be for quite some time to come. That's why we have to continue to press the fight for our RKBA at the legislative level at least as hard as at the judicial level.

The other side is dispirited right now. But with the prospects good for a Democrat Congress and a Democrat president after next year, the odds could very well be turning against us again at the legislative level. A favorable SCOTUS ruling on the D.C. case would obviate the need for another amendment to guarantee a right which is already guaranteed and has been for over two centuries. But if that isn't in the cards we will have a much, much tougher fight on our hands, especially if the Dems keep control of Congress and either a Democrat or a RINO gungrabber is elected to the White House next year.

Mmmmmmmm, I wonder who that RINO gungrabber could be?

210 posted on 05/06/2007 7:28:19 AM PDT by epow ( Don't complain that thorns grow on rose bushes, thank God that roses grow on thorn bushes)
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To: epow
"I'm not sure about that one way or the other. But I am pretty sure that the yea votes of 2/3 of both Houses of Congress that are required to pass the amendment and send it to the states are not there at this time and probably won't be for quite some time to come."

I'm not too sure about that. I think the sh*tstorm that would occur would force even some liberal Democrats to decide to back such an amendment. And there IS another mechanism (never thus far used) that bypasses the Congress completely. If 3/4ths of the state legislatures call for a new Constitutional Convention, one WILL be called. It's a danged dangerous option, though.

"That's why we have to continue to press the fight for our RKBA at the legislative level at least as hard as at the judicial level."

Oh, I definitely agree. The thing that "gun rights" folks should push for besides CCW, is, in those states that have no RKBA in the state Constitutions, is to have one passed.

232 posted on 05/06/2007 5:21:39 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel-NRA)
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