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Believe it or not, this is the best for pro-gun people. If they try to repeal it, they’ll obviously fail.

Maybe if they take his advice and stop trying to make incremental laws and such and repeal the ones that we have now, things will get a lot better.

Actually, instead of the myriad laws attempting to circumvent and restrict our 2nd Amendment rights, he’s accurate in his thinking - this is the correct way to change our Constitution. If there IS sufficient political force and will to repeal the 2nd Amendment, that is exactly what should be done.

I applaud his correct understanding of our Constitution.

I will ALWAYS be on the other side of the issue as to whether it should be repealed.

Yep, you are right...the Second Amendment will not be repealed and any attempt to do so will strengthen our RIGHT to defend ourselves.

Interesting the admission, "The Second Amendment is one of the clearest statements of right in the Constitution," Benjamin Wittes, a guest scholar at the center-left Brookings Institution, acknowledged in a discussion Monday. "We've had decades of sort of intellectual gymnastics to try to make those words not mean what they say."

The Second Amendment is one of the clearest statements of right in the Constitution," Benjamin Wittes, a guest scholar at the center-left Brookings Institution, acknowledged in a discussion Monday. "We've had decades of sort of intellectual gymnastics to try to make those words not mean what they say."

Wow. At least he admits it. At least he is a refreshing liberal. Kind of reminds me of Christopher Hitchens. He may be an athiest, but he at least admits that conservatives are correct in their interpritation of scripture, rather that the liberal theologins who argue it doesnt mean what is obviously says it means.

I actually prefer this kind of leftist. Unfortunately, deception is a left-wing trait, with incrementalism being the goal, so I guess these guys don't make good leftists after all.

Believe it or not, this is the best for pro-gun people. If they try to repeal it, they’ll obviously fail.

But, in failing, the Antis will have shown the one thing that they lack today: Respect for the Constitution.

By twisting and distorting the plain language of the 2nd Amendment, they threaten the sensible interpretation of the rest of the Constitution. If "Shall not be infringed" doesn't mean "Shall not be infringed", then what does "Due process" really mean? Years ago Alan Dershowitz warned liberals against such mental evasions concerning the 2nd Amendment. He once said: "Foolish liberals who are trying to read the Second Amendment out of the Constitution by claiming that it's not an individual right or that it's too much of a safety hazard don't see the danger of the big picture. They're courting disaster by encouraging others to use the same means to eliminate portions of the Constitution they don't like."

I hope that we start to see more honest liberals like this one. He should be applauded for saying such things.