Reaction to Justice Stevens’ call to ‘Repeal the Second Amendment’

By Chris Eger

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens penned a provocative opinion piece in Tuesday’s New York Times advancing the nuclear option for gun control.
Characterizing the interpretation of the right to keep and bear arms in the high court’s 2008 Heller case ruling– where Stevens dissented— the former associate justice slammed the Second Amendment’s use as a “propaganda weapon of immense power” when wielded by gun rights groups.
“Overturning that decision via a constitutional amendment to get rid of the Second Amendment would be simple and would do more to weaken the N.R.A.’s ability to stymie legislative debate and block constructive gun control legislation than any other available option,” Stevens said.
How hard would it be?
Far from Stevens’ assertion of the act of repealing the Second Amendment as being a “simple” solution, the procedure for changing the Constitution is anything but. Any proposed amendment would have to be submitted to Congress and approved by two-thirds of the lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate, then sent to the states for ratification with three-fourths needed to approve such a move. Alternatively, a never-used constitutional convention, called by two-thirds of the states, could draft such an amendment. The overall process is seldom successful and over

Source: Guns.com