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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Is that the US Constitution as written originally or the one that has numerous amendments?
I really did expect a better argument with a lawyer.
Besides the Second Amendment, which has been changed and restriction are put on what you can legally own. What other reasons can you give for owning a gun?
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You are mistaken. The Second Amendment has not been changed. The Constitution, in regards to the Second Amendment, has never been edited. To change the Constitution you would need a Constitutional Convention. Which would require the legislatures of 34 states to call for and then to change the Second Amendment, as you claim has happened, would require 38 states (3/4) to ratify such a change. That has not happened.
And to be very honest, that will never happen in regards to the Second Amendment.
You are mistaking state or city restrictions or court decisions on the Second Amendment with changing the Second Amendment.
I live in Nevada, where it is still legal to open carry. There are very few restrictions on gun ownership and/or purchases here. And it is rather easy to receive a concealed carry permit here as well. And Nevada also gives concealed carry permits to those people who move here from other states with a concealed carry permit. There are no restrictions on assault weapons and there are no restrictions on magazines. Nevada is probably one of the most free states left in America, legal prostitution, gambling, drinking, gun ownership, legal marijuana and smoking are all okay here.
The most recent significant decision in regards to the Second Amendment is 10 years old this year. In 2008, the SCOTUS decided Heller and actually struck down a law in Washington DC banning hand guns and their safe storage law. And then in 2010, SCOTUS decided McDonald, and imposed the freedoms guaranteed by the Second Amendment shall also apply to states and municipalities.
And luckily, I dont need a reason to own a gun where I live. I dont need a reason to strap one to my hip and walk around the grocery store, the gas station or my doctor's office and even in casinos on the Strip.