You're free to (attempt to) amend the Second Amendment, but the Supreme Court of the United States has already affirmed and reaffirmed that individual ownership of firearms in common use is a right.
What do you propose that is "reasonable" given the frameworks established by Heller, McDonald, Caetano, and Bruen?
I can 3D print or mill basically every item you can imagine prohibiting at home: what exactly do laws do in this case?
> the Supreme Court of the United States has already affirmed and reaffirmed that individual ownership of firearms in common use is a right.
The current interpretation of 2A is actually a fairly recent invention; in the past, it's been interpreted much more narrowly. And if SCOTUS can overturn Roe v. Wade's precedent, they can do the same with their interpretation of 2A. They won't of course, at least not until some of its members age out and get -- hopefully -- replaced with people who aren't idiots.
But I'd be fine if 2A was amended away. Let the states make whatever gun laws they want, and we can see whether blue or red states end up with lower levels of gun violence as a result.
15155|4 months ago
What do you propose that is "reasonable" given the frameworks established by Heller, McDonald, Caetano, and Bruen?
I can 3D print or mill basically every item you can imagine prohibiting at home: what exactly do laws do in this case?
kelnos|4 months ago
The current interpretation of 2A is actually a fairly recent invention; in the past, it's been interpreted much more narrowly. And if SCOTUS can overturn Roe v. Wade's precedent, they can do the same with their interpretation of 2A. They won't of course, at least not until some of its members age out and get -- hopefully -- replaced with people who aren't idiots.
But I'd be fine if 2A was amended away. Let the states make whatever gun laws they want, and we can see whether blue or red states end up with lower levels of gun violence as a result.