Is there a "Gays Can Marry" constitutional amendment?
Once upon a time the "law of the land" was that the amendments applied only to the Federal Government and not the States. The SCOTUS expanded the APPLICATION of the amendments to the STATES. Do you see the "operative" words .... "EXPANDED THE APPLICATION OF THE AMENDMENTS"?
Again, "good luck" with repealing the 2nd Amendment!!!
Prohibitions don't work well in this country. That's why people sneak in.
Originally Posted by LexusLover
The 2nd amd doesn't need to be repealed, it just needs to be interpreted differently. . . it states "A well regulated Militia".
In
United States v. Cruikshank (1876), the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that, "The right to bear arms is not granted by the Constitution; neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence" and limited the applicability of the Second Amendment to the federal government.
[9] In
United States v. Miller (1939), the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government and the states could limit any weapon types not having a "reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia".
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when enough Americans get fed up with having ten times the gun homicide rate per capita than England and Australia and demand a change for the better, the courts will follow. . . just as they did with gay marriage.