What an ass. If you feel that way, raise a mass movement, and push for a constitutional amendment. That's how we "abolish" parts of the constitution in this country.
Good luck!
Posted on 12/01/2008 4:47:31 PM PST by GreaterSwiss
Now, let's not start screaming about the Second Amendment. To begin with, the amendment should be abolished -- a sensible interpretation of the amendment is that it was written to allow the people to raise a militia for protection and to hunt for food. Clearly no one needs to raise a militia these days, and those who hunt for a living can be licensed to do so.
It would be nice if President-elect Obama had the time to focus his energies on repeal of the Second Amendment, but he first has to deal with a broken economy and the incredibly wrong-headed war started by his predecessor. What's more, the issue of gun rights causes almost as much screaming from the right as abortion rights, the irony being that those yelling the loudest about the right to life are usually those yelling almost as loud about their right to carry weapons that kill.
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On the contrary, now more than ever, there is need for a civilian militia.
We have much to fear from a leader like Obama.
Some dumb jock has a gun he was carrying go off ‘accidentally’ and now let’s abolish the 2nd amendment?
Give me a break! This author is clueless.
What an ass. If you feel that way, raise a mass movement, and push for a constitutional amendment. That's how we "abolish" parts of the constitution in this country.
Good luck!
Incredible that the WaPo gives this moron ink!
“The owners and players should agree that players can’t own handguns. That won’t prevent players who like to hunt from hunting. If a player feels unsafe for any reason, he can ask his team to provide security — all NFL teams have good-sized security forces, most of them retired law enforcement officials — or they can hire their own security guards.
“Now, let’s not start screaming about the Second Amendment. To begin with, the amendment should be abolished — a sensible interpretation of the amendment is that it was written to allow the people to raise a militia for protection and to hunt for food. Clearly no one needs to raise a militia these days, and those who hunt for a living can be licensed to do so.”
The Second Amendment is one of the things I love about America. When I was 22, I took some of my savings from my little sojourn in Vietnam, walked into hardware store, and bought my very own Smith and Wesson revolver. What struck me was that the very act of doing so, without so much as a fare-thee-well to any officious official or imperious lackey whatever, mad me a free man in a sense that I had never felt before.
I called my mum in the old country and told her about it. She said, “Well, it’s because you’re in the army. Everyone knows soldiers can have guns.” She was flabbergasted when I told her that anyone who was not legally, and specifically, prohibited from buying a handgun could so in this country.
“What’s more, the issue of gun rights causes almost as much screaming from the right as abortion rights”
That’s right, Fecalstein — Our issue of gun rights SAVES lives, while abortion snuffs them out, so STFU!!
Repeal of any Amendment, as in the case of Amendment XXI, must be in the form of a new Amendment. The Regress might pass any bloody thing it likes, and your '2/3rds' applies to that as a Constitutional requirement, but whatever nonsense they pass as a purported Amendment must subsequently be ratified by 3/4th + 1 of the legislatures of the several states.
Even if they did, they wouldn't be able to do away with one of the Bill of Rights. They are part of the Supreme Law and untouchable.
George Washington: “Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people’s liberty teeth (and) keystone... the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable... more than 99% of them [guns] by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference [crime]. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour.” (Address to 1st session of Congress)
History gives us some words for unarmed populations. They are called “slaves,” “peasants,” and “serfs.”
What has this fecking ejit been smoking? He needs to go back and read some history as to the real reason for the 2nd. Amendment.
What has this fecking ejit been smoking? He needs to go back and read some history as to the real reason for the 2nd. Amendment.
“Do they give Pulitzers for hypocrisy? If so, consider Feinstein a shoo-in.” Durham in Wonderland: John Feinstein and the Unbearable Lightness of America’s Sportswriters.
http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2007/06/john-feinstein-and-unbearable-lightness.html. This site really takes fat John down bigtime.
What has this fecking ejit been smoking? He needs to go back and read some history as to the real reason for the 2nd. Amendment.
Exactly right!
Ideally, the league should teach trigger discipline if Plaxico Buress is the example.
Now, let’s not start screaming about the FIRST Amendment.
To begin with, the amendment should be abolished — a sensible interpretation of the amendment is that it was written to allow the people to print local newspapers to talk politics. Clearly not for giant media corporations to put imbeciles talking politics on the sports page.
you can take a hood outa da-hood, but ya just can't take the hood outa da hood...
Someone send this idiot a copy of the federalist papers, or at least an accurate history book.
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