This is the kind of discussion we actually need. Instead of ignoring the 2nd Amendment, or chipping away at what it actually says, progressives need to push to repeal it.
Then they can repeal the 1st Amendment.
And the next one…
In an op-ed published by The New York Times, Stevens, a Republican, said that students and anti-gun violence advocates should press lawmakers to take on the amendment.
While protests have so far focused on implementing new restrictions on semi-automatic weapons and strengthening background checks, he wrote, repealing the Second Amendment would result in more lasting change.
“That support is a clear sign to lawmakers to enact legislation prohibiting civilian ownership of semiautomatic weapons, increasing the minimum age to buy a gun from 18 to 21 years old, and establishing more comprehensive background checks on all purchasers of firearms,” Stevens wrote.
“But the demonstrators should seek more effective and more lasting reform,” he continued. “They should demand a repeal of the Second Amendment.”