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Arguing about the merits of second amendment (or first amendment, for that matter) is reasonable. Suggesting that the government pass laws that subvert The Cons
by staunch 14y ago
Arguing about the merits of second amendment (or first amendment, for that matter) is reasonable. Suggesting that the government pass laws that subvert The Constitution is not.
- arjunnarayan 14y agoRight. This is the Scalia philosophy. Don't like the constitution? Go ahead and amend it.
- staunch 14y agoThis is the American philosophy. We've been amending The Constitution since shortly after it was created.
- jack-r-abbit 14y agoTrue. Even the gun control issue is hovering around the 2nd Amendment. And then there was the whole amendment to ban alcohol that was then reversed with yet another amendment. So... let's not get locked into some false idea that things can't be changed. We need to focus on what changes (if any) make sense and when. Maybe changes don't make sense right now... but if the first argument is "but the Constitution says so" then look at what actually got it to say so... it was a change.