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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
That's not what I was getting at. Yes, I know you support gun control, therefore any/all measures to remove/restrict/regulate firearms, especially in civilian hands, however, what I was asking you was would you be this incredibly comfortable with a politically bent group simply redefining constitutional terms to fit their agenda to impinge upon liberties that you yourself might value highly, by using the same methods and manipulations you advocated because of your support for gun control?
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Honestly? It depends on what they were trying to fix. If I agreed with them and found their logic sound, and felt that their requests or demands belonged in the Constitution, I'd back them. If not, then I'd fight them. That's generally how a constitutional democracy/republic works.
I don't hold the Constitution in holy reverence, so changing it in order to help people is just fine with me. Bear in mind that the Constitution was just fine with slavery when it was originally signed. At the time, it was a "liberty" of white people to own black people. I'm sure there were quite a few people who were adamant that their right to own slaves was being taking by an oppressive government that was seeking to steal their valued liberties.