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In reply to the discussion: Is there any movement to repeal the second ammendment? [View all]HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)7. No, but there seems to be some movement to narrow the Fourteenth
with respect to due process for the mentally ill.
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Driving a car is a Privilege, owning a gun Should be the same,,,,Now .
orpupilofnature57
Dec 2012
#18
guns are not meant to overthrow governments in coup'd'etats. Tea party wants anarchy
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#26
If 2A were repealed, RKBA would be protected as an unenumerated right by the Ninth Amendment. nt
jody
Dec 2012
#2
Heller dissent by Stevens recognized RKBA for self-defense by PA(1776) & VT(1777). Constitution does
jody
Dec 2012
#5
OK but Stevens closed the door when he acknowledged RKBA as a pre-existing right. If not 2A then 9A.
jody
Dec 2012
#32
Because Scalia asked a different question "We consider whether a District of Columbia prohibition
jody
Dec 2012
#36
Regardless Stevens in dissent acknowledged RKBA for self-defense. If not 2A then 9a. nt
jody
Dec 2012
#40
Link to my post below the day Heller was released. Sorry you are not capable of understanding the
jody
Dec 2012
#48
Any group proposing to abolish an inalienable/unalienable right they hate, ignore unintended
jody
Dec 2012
#8
McDonald v Chicago, Second Amendment incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth
jody
Dec 2012
#10
Man, we are really trying hard to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, aren't we?
NickB79
Dec 2012
#14
National Don't Wanna Get Shot By A Rifle Association. Help collect 4 million signatures
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#15
It's quite easy. Obama44 and Hillary45 name 4-5 new justices who will do that w/Bloomberg financing
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#27
this is such convoluted logic. The louder one speaks, the quicker they are gone
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#41
Possible, yes. Realistically, not a snowball's chance in hell (and I don't mean a town in Michigan).
Angleae
Dec 2012
#66
If 2A were repealed, RKBA would be protected as an unenumerated right by the Ninth Amendment. nt
jody
Dec 2012
#38
Isn't it odd that the gunnies are now using a different amendment, ha ha ha ha
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#45
I thought we were talking about the 9th amendment and I thought only 1-10 are what
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#62
Then-Senator Obama said it referred to an individual right in 2008, before Heller was decided
Recursion
Dec 2012
#67
Only by people who are as bugnut crazy as the other end of the spectrum of this debate
Android3.14
Dec 2012
#53