Alan Dershowitz on 2nd Amendment: ‘An Absurd Thing’ In Our Constitution

By Ammoland

By AWR Hawkins

Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- During a recent appearance on Newsmax TV, Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz said the Second Amendment is an “absurd thing” in our constitution and that our legal framework needs to be adjusted “to create a presumption against gun ownership instead of a presumption in favor of gun ownership.”

Dershowitz said:

We have tried an experiment for the last 250 years and it’s failed miserably and we have to start a new approach. The new approach has to be guns should not be available to people generally, except if they have a significant need.

If I could write the Bill of Rights over again, I would skip amendment number two. We’re the only country in the world that puts in our Constitution the right to bear arms. It’s an absurd thing to be in our Constitution, but it’s in our Constitution. We have to live with it.

He then referenced the attack that killed two people in the Grand Theatre in Lafayette, Louisiana, saying,

“Guns have to be well regulated and they are not well regulated …read more

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