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To add to this - IMO, The Bill of Rights is a list of "inalienable" rights. While I suppose The Constitution could be eventually amended to remove a right - it

by rplst8 11y ago

To add to this - IMO, The Bill of Rights is a list of "inalienable" rights. While I suppose The Constitution could be eventually amended to remove a right - it would not be the correct thing. That is to say - it should be impossible to remove a right that is not granted, but is simply innate. Who would ever agree to removing the 1st, 4th, 5th, or 6th. No one. So why would they agree to removing the 2nd? I don't understand what people don't get about the fact that one has an absolute, irremovable, and inalienable right to self-defense.

bmelton 11y ago
> While I suppose The Constitution could be eventually amended to remove a right Which was indeed the purpose of the 18th, which was quite the grand mistake.
- rplst8 11y ago
  The 18th was not on The Bill of Rights, and by the way, the 21st repealed it.
  - bmelton 11y ago
    Understood. My point was that the Constitution has been amended to remove rights. It may eventually be done again, and I agree that would likely be a mistake, but it has already been done.