Common Sense Calls for Repeal of Second Amendment

Seattle Times ^ | 1 May 2014 | Jerry Large

[lentulusgracchus]

Right, but is there a DISadvantage to the plan?

They could lose the paperwork, or send it to the wrong dictator?

[lentulusgracchus]

I honestly don’t care if they do repeal the second amendment. It really means very little. It doesn’t give me the right to bear arms; it merely recognizes my inherent right to bear arms

That's an interesting argument, since Alexander Hamilton originally argued (vociferously) against the Bill of Rights along the same line, viz., that it would add nothing really, except talking points and avenues of attack opened up by commas and subordinate clauses (as was done in Miller vs. U.S. [1939]).

The problem's a practical one. Would you rather do without the BoR and trust Hamilton, or have the black-letter law of 2A on your side to pound relentlessly until the ink begins to rub off on the other side's forehead?

[Dead Corpse]

Someone my size(scary large) needs to visit Jerry and show him why having a TOOL to help you fight off an aggressor is a very good idea.

Common sense says that after a sound thrashing, he’ll have seen the error of his hoplophobic ways...

[GOPsterinMA]

Well put...unfortunately.

[muir_redwoods]

I’d keep it but if the bastards think anything would change if they did away with it, a nasty surprise awaits them at the end of my driveway.