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**aceriscoolon** · 10-01-2009, 10:51 PM

Just out of curiosity - what would be nessecary to take out the 2nd Amendment ?

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Article V

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. Essentially, a two-thirds vote of the House, a two-thirds vote of the Senate and then ratification by three quarters of the state legislatures.

Or a tooth-pulling decision by the U.S. Supreme Court saying something like, the 2nd Amendment protects only the rights of States to form militias and to arm them.

Neither is going to happen in the foreseeable future.

10-01-2009, 10:51 PM	#11
aceriscoolon Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 354 Senior Member	Just out of curiosity - what would be nessecary to take out the 2nd Amendment ? ... Article V The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. Essentially, a two-thirds vote of the House, a two-thirds vote of the Senate and then ratification by three quarters of the state legislatures. Or a tooth-pulling decision by the U.S. Supreme Court saying something like, the 2nd Amendment protects only the rights of States to form militias and to arm them. Neither is going to happen in the foreseeable future.
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