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Technically, the only way to repeal the 2nd Amendment is to get a new Amendment into the Constitution--that's how they repealed the 18th Amendment in 1933. Given how hard it is to ratify a new Amendment to the Constitution (look at the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment), good luck trying to repeal the 2nd Amendment through the Amendment process.

Read the dissenting opinions in DC v. Heller to see exactly what the future looks like.

If Scalia, Kennedy, or Thomas gets replaced with a hard core leftist like Breyer, Ginsburg, Sotomayer or Kagan then they will reverse Heller along with every other 5/4 decision in which the conservatives have prevailed.

We have a slim chance of turning things around. Breyer and Ginsburg are both in their 80s. I expect one or both of them to retire after this Court term so that Obama can replace them with younger and even more radical versions. If they decide to stick around or if the Senate Republicans suddenly grow balls and filibuster any Obama replacements then President Cruz or Trump could then pack the Court with young conservatives.

It is a slim chance but it is the only one we have.

Their point is to redefine the words of the 2ndA so it can be rendered meaningless - no need to repeal if “the people” is somehow defined as “the US government” and not the subjects thereof, and “infringed” doesn’t include “reasonable restrictions” like choking off the supply chain (no imports, rigorous registration, absurd insurance requirements, etc).

Remember, NFA (strict registration & $200 taxation of “exotic” weapons) and 922(o) (outright ban on post-1986 machineguns) still stands. So long as they’re not repealed, the Left can hope to expand those longstanding laws so NFA include _all_ guns, transfer taxes raised thru the roof ($200 now is equivalent to like $8000 when NFA was enacted), if not banned outright.

The biggest mistake our side is making in all this is holding to the “FMCDH” attitude and no farther. Fine, keep yours ... they’ll just make it nearly impossible to sell it legally ($5000 transfer tax anyone?), paperwork may be easily avoided but will catch up to you should the item _ever_ be noticed by authorities, penalties severe (10 years prison & quarter-million$ fine), and most of all the supply chain cut off for imports of completed items & parts.