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And your solution? First consider these facts:
The 2nd amendment exists
The courts have always upheld it to mean the right to personal gun ownership
The Constitution is very hard to change.
Well?
"It's hard, wahhh, guess we'll just deal with all the death and stupidity. "-America
You sound insane. All of you. Good luck. Thoughts and prayers.
We passed gun regulations in 1934, why can't we do it again? The same reasoning that makes it illegal for a civilian to own a grenade launcher could apply to other weapons too.
The politics landscape has changed quite a lot. What changed is that gun companies lobbies the government and bought a bunch of politicians on both sides of the aisle and they continue to lobby to this day.
They also made a big push to convince the general population that guns are necessary for home defense, hunting, personal defense/security, and other recreation. And played up those factors to the part of the population that wants to gravy seal it up.
Further, there's an increasing lack of bipartisan support for most legislation (not just gun law). A lot has changed.
In order to change an amendment you need to take a couple of steps.
One of these is getting either a 2/3 of states to call for a constitutional convention or for 2/3 of both house and Senate to agree to ratify the amendment. So I think if you look at the political landscape of today you can certainly understand why it hasn't happened.
https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/constitution
This is one of the most factual, and sane, takes I've ever seen regarding America and guns. Bravo.
Damn straight, there are so many laws stating which weapons/accessories are legal AND it does not violate the 2nd amendment, nor does it require a constitutional change.
Example: Federal Assault Weapons Ban https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban
I find myself arguing with my coworkers about this all the time, but I like to sum it up like this.
If there are arms you cannot bare, then the second amendment is not limitless.
So, long guns are responsible for ~4% of gun deaths (including suicides), and "assault weapons" are a subset of that 4%. And your solution is to ban them? Fine. Shave a percentage point off.
But there's an elephant in the room. Why are we not talking about pistols? Going to need an answer on that one.
Funny note: Any European child can walk in the store and buy a suppressor. Had a German guy tell me on reddit that his gun range requires such devices. Not trying to change the subject, but maybe American gun laws are a bit out of whack? Or, more to the point, racist as fuck.
The assault weapon ban was an example of banning an 'arm' legally without it infringing on second amendment rights. Or the example the person I responded to posted, grenade launchers.
I'm not suggesting an 'assault weapon ban'.
I'm pointing out that just about any 'arm' can be made illegal. Hell, check out your local knife laws.
Any discussion of racist gun laws is a whole other discussion, but that discussion should include Governor Ronald Reagan.
We have overall laxer gun regulations in Czechia than you do in the US and we have no school shootings. You seem to have misidentified the root cause.
Not at all! I've seen what's for sale in Czechia, same as here. So, what's the problem?
The United States is a sick country. We're sick, literally and figuratively.
That was my point, which I didn't really make.
About every other country has guns, so what's our fucking problem?!