Commentary: The 2nd Amendment isn't the problem
by Michael Waldman, Los Angeles Times
Apr 02, 2018
3 minutes
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has raised a ruckus with a call to repeal the 2nd Amendment. It pains me to disagree with a lion of the court, but I think a repeal effort would be deeply misguided. It's politically unwise and legally unnecessary.
Advocating for repeal, in essence, advocates for National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre's vision of the Constitution. But the 2nd Amendment doesn't guarantee unlimited gun rights, and it never has. The Constitution is not a bar to sane gun legislation.
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