To: Personal Responsibility
I was under the impression that the 2nd Amendment as it’s part of the original Bill of Rights could not be changed or revoked through the amendment process.
To: headstamp 2
"I was under the impression that the 2nd Amendment as its part of the original Bill of Rights could not be changed or revoked through the amendment process."
There is nothing that I know if in the constitution that would prohibit lawmakers from repealing the 2nd amendment via a new amendment. However, here is the rub.
The second amendment like the many other amendments concerning individual rights do not grant those rights to us citizens. They merely enumerate (basically publicly declare or make known) a pre-existing right. The rights outlined in the constitution come from your creator, not the government. Hence the government cannot take them away. Theoretically, the government could pass a law banning all firearms, but they would be in violation of the natural rights of mankind.
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