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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Had a funny short conversation with a guy from Montana tonight about the gun problems in America, his stance was the hard right with a smirk "gun rights are in our constitution, it's who we are" mumbo jumbo. I quickly looked on google and pointed out the US constitution has been changed 23 times since 1787 why couldn't the 2nd amendment be changed to more modern times? after all todays guns are far from one shot muskets now days.
The guy literally turned around and walked away without an answer or even a f*** y** look.  |
Someone more knowledgable than me can correct me if I'm wrong, but an American friend once put it like this:
"It's the second
amendment... It can be
amended again"
Which I always thought was funny, since the gun nuts believe it's so enshrined.