Thread: If we abolished the Second Amendment

I was at a meeting of the Trilateral Commission and we were discussing paring down the Amendments a bit. You know, taking out the marginal stuff for leaner government.



I'm no Constitutional scholar, as much as many of you assume that I am, so I have a question: If we abolish the Second Amendment, does "not quartering soldiers in private homes" become the NEW Second Amendment? Or is there just a gap? The Amendment Formerly Known?...Maybe a little symbol like Prince used for a while?



Or do we just put in a placeholder? Maybe a message like, "Don't Forget April 15"? We could put crowns on the First and Third Amendments to make a bridge.



I'm not sure what the Constitution says about this, but I'm curious.



Any ideas?

[quote name='Gypsy' date='28 November 2009 - 05:28 PM' timestamp='1259450901' post='68931']

Is this a joke?

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No, Davo really thinks we think he is a constitutional scholar.



Of course, if we thought that before this OP, the OP proves we were miserably mistaken because history already answers his hypothetical.

Amendment XVIII (the Eighteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, along with the Volstead Act (which defined "intoxicating liquors" excluding those used for religious purposes and sales throughout the U.S.), established Prohibition in the United States. Its ratification was certified on January 16, 1919. It is the only amendment to the Constitution that has been repealed (by the Twenty-first Amendment) (1933).

Also, his hypothetical is ridiculous. No amendment proposing the repeal of the 2nd Amendment would ever garner the requisite votes or support necessary to be ratified.



http://www.usconstitution.net/constam.html

[quote name='Gypsy' date='28 November 2009 - 06:28 PM' timestamp='1259450901' post='68931']

Is this a joke?

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It's a test.

If there is such a thing as a goth sitcom, I imagine it must look more or less like this thread wearing makeup.

[quote name='Vortex' date='28 November 2009 - 07:12 PM' timestamp='1259453539' post='68947']

No, Davo really thinks we think he is a constitutional scholar.



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Yes, I'm also in the Trilateral Commission.

Wait, it wasn't easy, but I did manage to think of a way to make the development of this thread even better. Someone give it a one star rating.



I mean, the author of the OP not only pretended to be a constitutional scholar and stupidly proposed an unrealistic abolishment of an amendment, but he also implied that the right to keep and bear arms is marginal.



America hating at its finest.

[quote name='Helena' date='29 November 2009 - 10:15 AM' timestamp='1259511332' post='69199']

If there is such a thing as a goth sitcom, I imagine it must look more or less like this thread wearing makeup.

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Or like this...