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Originally Posted by willravel
I don't do fanaticism. And I'm surprised you think I said this (can you point out where?).
I'd like to see the Second Amendment overruled by a new amendment, even my interpretation. The idea behind the amendment, making legal the potential for insurrection, makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. If people are going to rise up against their government, said government is not going to pay attention to laws that prevent them from squashing the insurrection. And the insurgents wouldn't care about the Second Amendment. They'd use bombs and other improvised weapons that wouldn't normally be covered by the Second. Gone are the days when armies would line up on a battlefield and open fire on each other. Gone are the days when the Second Amendment was relevant.
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I don't think the idea of deterring an oppressive government is obsolete, but I agree that an amendment in language less ambiguous to the modern reader would be beneficial. I would replace "militia" with "populace," but I think we seriously differ there.