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In reply to the discussion: Repeal the 2nd Amendment petition at whitehouse.gov. No more special rights for guns. Enough! [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)27. Nope. Not an NRA member, hon. Or an apologist or a syncophant
The comparison to the civil rights movement is fatuous. It's not an uphill climb. It's one that can't reasonable be achieved. It's just not going to be proposed by a single person in Congress, nor will the alternative method of convention with 2/3 of the states happen.
Seriously, why not focus efforts on the possible? A starting point can and should be reinstating the assault weapons ban and banning mega clips.
I understand the urge to get rid of the 2nd Amendment, and if that's what you choose to waste your oh so evident brainpower on, go for it, sweetie. I'm sure you'll be just such an effective little advocate as you run around insanely screeching.
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Repeal the 2nd Amendment petition at whitehouse.gov. No more special rights for guns. Enough! [View all]
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
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Need 3/4 of the states. That means 13 states can block it. Need 38 to pass. That is AFTER
kelly1mm
Dec 2012
#1
States / towns ought to have the right to outright ban ownership of handguns if they choose.
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#3
Can states/towns have the right to ban abortion and gay marriage if they choose?
hack89
Dec 2012
#52
Right 2 bear arms reserves against government arming itself against citizenry, as today.
Quisutdeus
Jan 2013
#97
shouldn't we focus our efforts on things that are actually reasonably possible at this moment?
bossy22
Dec 2012
#5
You can accept continued recurring gun massacres, I will work for effective action
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#9
If we're afraid to ask for the real solution, we damn sure won't get it. No more fig leaves
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#12
yes but it can't hurt to sign a petition, doesn't take much time or effort.
Voice for Peace
Dec 2012
#54
At one time, the idea of eliminating slavery would have seemed just as impossible
Hugabear
Dec 2012
#7
if you follow the link, it asks the president to petition congress and the states to repeal the 2nd
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#11
It also takes 3/4 of the states to ratify it. That will not happen.
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#13
Are there not parents and grandparents in all 50 states? Do they not love their children?
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#15
9/11 caused us to spend $2 trillion and many precious lives on two pointless wars
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#21
Calm logical thought REQUIRES that we get rid of the guns to end the gun slaughter
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#64
All the statistics and scientific studies tell us that gun availability equals gun deaths.
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#62
Weak half measures have been tried, and the gun slaughter continued unabated
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#31
No, the answer is NOT more guns. Such talk is pure insanity. More bullets flying is not acceptable
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#32
I am not willing to fire a teacher and hire an armed guard at every school in the country just so
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#34
countries with tight gun control still suffer gun massacres - banning guns didn't save their kids!!
Quisutdeus
Dec 2012
#78
Let's have a court battle. Better than accept unending gun massacres, as the gun lovers demand
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#37
Perhaps an amendment to guarantee first graders the right to keep their brains in their skulls
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#48
Such a right already exists, and is protected by criminal penalty for abridging it. n/t
X_Digger
Dec 2012
#58
The new 2nd Amendment: All Citizens have the right to airspace free of flying bullets
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#59
"special rights" = constitutional rights I don't think other people should have? n/t
hughee99
Dec 2012
#36
'special rights' = misguided, asinine amendment that prioritizes gun lovers rights to feel powerful
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#38
It took 70 years to achieve votes for women. Yet they didn't give up before even starting to try
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#45
If you need an arsenal of death in your home to feel like a man instead of a kindergartner,
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#70
I am asserting that the Sandy Hook students right to attend school without being gunned down is
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#72
If you'd love to see it happen, why not sign the petition? Only takes a minute.
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#67
Welcome to DU. to rec a thread, go back up to the original post that started this thread
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
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