Reply #32: blacks' situations were improved by AMENDMENTS

[appal_jack]

Look Sarah, I'm thrilled that the 14th and 15th Amendments were passed in order to bring the American reality that much closer to the American ideal. Blacks are no longer considered a fraction of a person, and that was an excellent step forward, circa 1865. Clearly, racial equality (or an attempt at such) makes us a more perfect union than we were prior to the Reconstruction of the 19th Century and the Civil Rights movement of the 20th Century.

However, you speak as if the 2nd Amendment should be just tossed onto some dung-heap of history. I am sorry, but that is not how we (should) do things here in America. The Second Amendment is Part of the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is part of the Constitution, and the Constitution is the supreme law of the land.

If you don't support the individual right to keep and bear such small arms as are appropriate for militia / homeland defense purposes, you are free to agitate and organize for the 2nd Amendment's repeal. If I recall correctly, you will have to convince 2/3 of both houses of Congress, plus 2/3 of the states to get your way on this. Until then, please don't try to dismiss this (or any) part of the Constitution.

I know this may sound quaint after 8 years of B*sh pissing on a whole lot of the Constitution, but the change I voted for when being part of the election of Obama and our new Democratic Senator (Hagan here in NC) is a change toward politicians who respect and serve under the Constitution.

-app

edit for typo.