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titaniumsalute

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6. I agree

Reply to randome (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 04:10 PM

Dec 2012

We had slaves...which were legal. We took care of that in the amendments. Women couldn't vote. We took care of that in the amendments. There's been a precedent set to repeal an amendment (prohibition 18th was repealed with the 21st.)

The second amendment was enacted in 1791. A little has changed since then. For example, there were only 3.9 million Americans. Period. States were individual countries basically. Most food was hunted. Indians still attacked in some places. And obviosuly a lot more.

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If Our Forefathers saw what is going on with school shootings, mall shootings, subway shootings [View all] titaniumsalute Dec 2012 OP

Nope Ya Basta Dec 2012 #1

People who lived more than 2 centuries ago should have ZERO impact on our society today. randome Dec 2012 #2

Those people wrote the entire Bill of Rights hack89 Dec 2012 #5

Those people didn't quite get it right either. progressoid Dec 2012 #15

Those people also laid out a process to make further changes hack89 Dec 2012 #18

So you agree that it's OK to make changes to that old document then. progressoid Dec 2012 #19

So do I. Their ideas were good. But those people have no relevance to today. randome Dec 2012 #22

They included a process to make changes. hack89 Dec 2012 #24

I agree titaniumsalute Dec 2012 #6

That's not quite true. NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #10

Yes. randome Dec 2012 #23

Jefferson and Madison would be hard core right wingers today, including about guns. limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #3

Not bloody likely. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2012 #12

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!!! Zoeisright Dec 2012 #17

The murder rate then was orders of magnitude higher than today Recursion Dec 2012 #4

"Our" forefathers datasuspect Dec 2012 #7

"the roots of the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of children" Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #8

our forefather's never intended gun ownership to be as widespread as it is now CreekDog Dec 2012 #9

Well, they may have done Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #11

The intent was for the militia nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #13

the nature of warfare changed so dramatically too Johonny Dec 2012 #20

Absolutely. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #21

Didn't junior say the Constitution is just a piece of paper? Notwithstanding, a little piece of it, indepat Dec 2012 #14

That's not even remotely plausible. nt Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #16