No, not Obamacare. With all the focus on gun laws after the latest school massacre, it occurred to me that the problem could largely be solved if the Second Amendment were repealed, and that the chances of that happening — despite the fact that I’ve not heard it mentioned anywhere — have never been better. The national sentiment appears to have shifted away from “protection” of unlimited rights to buy and own any type of gun toward support for sensible regulation. A repeal of the Second Amendment would make that possible and undercut a lot of the NRA’s “moral” authority.
Of course, any move to repeal the Second Amendment could backfire. I know many “gun nuts” who would fight it to the last. But I don’t think the times have ever been more favorable to the success of such a move.
Whether a “replacement” to secure some gun rights would be necessary is hard to say. The absence of any constitutional support for gun ownership would be new to this country, and many of those on the fence about repeal might insist on a replacement. But any constitutional protection for gun ownership could hinder sensible regulation.
I say let’s run the idea up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it.
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