Early
Wednesday, President Trump went on Twitter in defense of the Second Amendment,
one day after John Paul Stevens, retired Supreme Court Justice, called for a
repeal.
John
Paul Stevens, 97, wrote in his essay on the website of the NY Times that a
repeal might weaken the NRA’s capability of ‘blocking gun control legislation.’
The
president, who in the past, has changed positions on harsher gun laws, took a solid
position in his tweet, and issued a warning if Repub.’s come up short in the
polls.
Trump
tweeted, ‘The 2nd Amendment Never Will Be Repealed!’
Repealing
the second amendment would be very challenging.
A
Constitutional amendment may only be proposed by Congress with a 2/3 vote within
both houses, or through a constitutional convention that is called for by 2/3
of the state legislatures. Then, the amendment must be approved by 3/4 of the
states.
The
retired Supreme Court Justice was on the losers end of a ruling in 2008 where
the Supreme Court held that the 2nd Amendment provides people the right to bear
arms for defense purposes. Previously, he’d called for a change of the amendment
to allow gun control.
According
to Stevens regarding the decision in the District of Columbia versus Heller
case, it has offered the National Rifle Association the propaganda weapon of
power. In 2010, John Paul retired, after serving over 35 on the Supreme Court.
In
an essay that was published on Tuesday, he discussed “March for Our Lives” on
Saturday which drew large crowds inside cities around the country.
He
added that they ought to demand a Second Amendment repeal.
In
Salt Lake City and Phoenix, additional demonstrators on Saturday called for rights
of gun ownership to continually be protected by the amendment.
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