Quote Originally Posted by chadknowslaw View Post
The 2nd Amendment would need to be repealed. In all the years since 1789 only one amendment has been repealed -- the was the 21st Amendment ratified December 5, 1933 repealing the 18th Amendment --Prohibition.
Is there not some controversy about the 2nd amendment's meaning? I remember some years ago somebody arguing that the 2nd amendment protects ownership of guns by "a militia", not by individuals. Dunno if that ever got sorted out, but if it got sorted out in favor of individual gun owners rights, how have the local bans been upheld as constututional?

Admittely, this is an area where my knowledge fits into a thimble with plenty of space left over