The Nation: It’s Time To Repeal And Replace The Second Amendment

By Tom Knighton

Gun control is still a hard sell in a lot of legislatures, including Congress. While the House is tripping all over itself to pass gun control, the Senate has held matters firmly in check, thus maintaining the status quo.

This has been a good thing for gun owners, to be sure.

Plus, we also know that gun control efforts, even the proposed assault weapon ban, will likely be mitigated by the Supreme Court’s decision in Heller, that not only held that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right but also that bans against common firearms–in that case, handguns but could easily apply to the most popular rifle in the United States–were unconstitutional.

However, many anti-gun advocates vehemently disagree with Heller. That’s fine. That’s their right, after all. Plus, it’s not like their disagreement actually changes Heller to any significant degree.

Which is probably why The Nation‘s Elie Mystal thinks we should repeal and replace the Second Amendment.

That leads to only one logical conclusion: Repeal the Second Amendment and start over from presumption that you do not need a gun unless you are going off to war or going off to train for war.

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