Hi Mike,
I thought you and your readers would be interested in a free, live debate hosted by Intelligence Squared US that asks “Has The Second Amendment Outlived Its Usefulness?” This debate will be live on FORA.tv Thursday November 14th at 6:45 pm ET: http://fora.tv/event/the_constitutional_right_to_bear_arms_has_outlived_its_usefulness/livestream.
Arguing for the motion will be Alan Dershowitz, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and Sanford Levinson, Professor of Law and of Government at the University of Texas; David Kopel, Research Director of the Independence Institute, and Eugene Volokh, Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law will argue against the motion. More information can be found at http://f4a.tv/HorwCc
The stream will be interactive with a Twitter feed, where you and your readers can join the discussion around this controversial topic. If you are unable to watch live, the debate will be available to watch on-demand shortly after the event.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions, and I hope you'll join us for this lively debate!
Best,
Julia
Next all you have to do is convince a majority of the people in 3/4 of the states to agree that the 2nd Amendment needs to be repealed. Short of that, it will remain a part of the Constitution and in effect.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it'll remain as applicable to the 21st century as the 3A is.
DeleteMikeb, send your home address to the Pentagon. Your guest soldier will arrive soon after.
DeleteConsidering the prevalence of shall issue carry permit laws in the majority of the states, the amendment process might go in a different direction than the gun control lobby might like. Something on the order of protecting the rights of gun owners and an affirmation that the right to bear arms doesn't mean just keep them in your house.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting development, Was just at the website for this debate and they have an online poll asking where you stand on the debate. Currently, things are standing at 42,969 against and 712 for. That would be 98% of those responding don't believe that the 2nd amendment has outlived its usefulness.
ReplyDeletehttp://intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/upcoming-debates/item/907-the-constitutional-right-to-bear-arms-has-outlived-its-usefulness&tab=2
Is it a surprise that 18th century law does not work well in 21st century America? We are not a frontier nation anymore. What's reasonable for our times is not what was reasonable 250 years ago. The founders gave an amendment process for just that reason.
ReplyDeleteFeel free to stop expressing yourself. That's another eighteenth century law that you're using.
DeleteTypical Greg lie. I never called for a repeal of the 2nd amendment. Apparently with Greg it's all, or nothing. I never would support such simplistic thinking. I'm aware that's the only kind of thinking Greg does.
DeleteWhere did I say that you called for a repeal? I simply said that you can refrain from exercising another right, if you're so opposed to the formulation from the eighteenth century.
DeleteSince I have posted your statements saying you would brake the law; it's just another one of your lies that the law matters to you at all. I'm still waiting for you to reply to those statements and explain why they do not reflect your desire to break the law, as you claim.
DeleteThis Steve is not me, but playing games with Greg. I'll change my name.
DeleteExactly Steve - the gun control group is going about it all wrong. They need to pressure their Senators and Congressmen to support a repeal of the 2nd Amendment. Get them to sign a pledge of some sort would be a good start.
ReplyDeleteAnd have Michael Bloomberg run ads about how some candidates vow to repeal the amendment.
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