A Supreme Court justice’s solution to gun violence: Repeal Second Amendment

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Four years ago, when — as now — the nation was reeling from the horror of a mass school shooting, a retired Supreme Court justice suggested a radical solution: getting rid of the Second Amendment.

In a March 27, 2018, New York Times op-ed, Stevens praised the protesters and their call for stricter gun control laws. “But the demonstrators should seek more effective and more lasting reform,” he wrote, about a year before his death at 99. “They should demand a repeal of the Second Amendment.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/05/28/supreme-court-stevens-repeal-second-amendment/
 
You got a better chance of seeing Big Foot, besides, it doesn’t have to be repealed, just interpreted properly, no rights are absolute, even Scalia had to admit it
 
BidenPresident said:
Supreme Court interprets it.
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Nothing stops them from interpreting it sensibly. Would the Founders have approved of wide personal availability, including to teenagers, of modern weapons. Highly unlikely, and even more unlikely had they known what the future held.
 
martin said:
Nothing stops them from interpreting it sensibly. Would the Founders have approved of wide personal availability, including to teenagers, of modern weapons. Highly unlikely, and even more unlikely had they known what the future held.
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Agree. Why the 2nd Amendment should never have been put in.
 
BidenPresident said:
Four years ago, when — as now — the nation was reeling from the horror of a mass school shooting, a retired Supreme Court justice suggested a radical solution: getting rid of the Second Amendment.

In a March 27, 2018, New York Times op-ed, Stevens praised the protesters and their call for stricter gun control laws. “But the demonstrators should seek more effective and more lasting reform,” he wrote, about a year before his death at 99. “They should demand a repeal of the Second Amendment.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/05/28/supreme-court-stevens-repeal-second-amendment/
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I can take us back farther than that!

 
archives said:
You got a better chance of seeing Big Foot, besides, it doesn’t have to be repealed, just interpreted properly, no rights are absolute, even Scalia had to admit it
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It doesn't need to be interpreted any differently. Most proposed gun legislation is constitutional today. It is more of a political question with Congress and most states choosing not to pass stricter laws.

Some states already prohibit assault weapons, have longer waiting periods and stricter gun show requirements. Those laws are all legal under current 2nd Amendment interpretation.
 
archives said:
You got a better chance of seeing Big Foot, besides, it doesn’t have to be repealed, just interpreted properly, no rights are absolute, even Scalia had to admit it
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fuck scalia and fuck you. this bullshit about no rights are absolute is nothing more than a cowards way of trying to feel more 'safe'
 
martin said:
Nothing stops them from interpreting it sensibly. Would the Founders have approved of wide personal availability, including to teenagers, of modern weapons. Highly unlikely, and even more unlikely had they known what the future held.
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provide historical documentation to back up your bullshit theory
 
BidenPresident said:
Four years ago, when — as now — the nation was reeling from the horror of a mass school shooting, a retired Supreme Court justice suggested a radical solution: getting rid of the Second Amendment.

In a March 27, 2018, New York Times op-ed, Stevens praised the protesters and their call for stricter gun control laws. “But the demonstrators should seek more effective and more lasting reform,” he wrote, about a year before his death at 99. “They should demand a repeal of the Second Amendment.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/05/28/supreme-court-stevens-repeal-second-amendment/
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Have you noticed what the steps are to alter the constitution?
Have you noticed how polarized the nation is?
Is amending the constitution even remotely likely in the foreseeable future?

It would be easier and, in the end, better to dissolve the republic and start from scratch.
Let blue states have a blue constitution and let red states have a red constitution.
We're desperately in need of a divorce....yesterday.
 
NiftyNiblick said:
Have you noticed what the steps are to alter the constitution?
Have you noticed how polarized the nation is?
Is amending the constitution even remotely likely in the foreseeable future?

It would be easier and, in the end, better to dissolve the republic and start from scratch.
Let blue states have a blue constitution and let red states have a red constitution.
We're desperately in need of a divorce....yesterday.
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Yes, dumb idea.
 
Geeko Sportivo said:
I can take us back farther than that!
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It is nearly the height of stupidity to listen to a justice that claims the exact opposite of what both the founding fathers said about the 2nd Amendment as well as nearly 175 years of federal court precedent.........

listening to that idiot clearly shows you lack any intelligence as to the history of the 2nd Amendment
 
SmarterthanYou said:
It is nearly the height of stupidity to listen to a justice that claims the exact opposite of what both the founding fathers said about the 2nd Amendment as well as nearly 175 years of federal court precedent.........

listening to that idiot clearly shows you lack any intelligence as to the history of the 2nd Amendment
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Wake UP! YOU are the idiot!
 
SmarterthanYou said:
It is nearly the height of stupidity to listen to a justice that claims the exact opposite of what both the founding fathers said about the 2nd Amendment as well as nearly 175 years of federal court precedent.........

listening to that idiot clearly shows you lack any intelligence as to the history of the 2nd Amendment
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Indeed.
 
BidenPresident said:
Four years ago, when — as now — the nation was reeling from the horror of a mass school shooting, a retired Supreme Court justice suggested a radical solution: getting rid of the Second Amendment.

In a March 27, 2018, New York Times op-ed, Stevens praised the protesters and their call for stricter gun control laws. “But the demonstrators should seek more effective and more lasting reform,” he wrote, about a year before his death at 99. “They should demand a repeal of the Second Amendment.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/05/28/supreme-court-stevens-repeal-second-amendment/
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I wonder if any current justices have come out and blathered the same kind of nonsense?
 
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