Why can't we question the Second Amendment?
@thegreatdebater (7316)
United States
July 29, 2012 2:19pm CST
Many amendments to the constitution are questioned all the time. Republicans are going after the 19 amendment through individual votes at the state level. The first amendment is questioned on almost an hourly bases with thousands of law suits based on it. So why is the second amendment beyond question, or interpretation? Does the fact that it has it's own lobbying group with a budget the size of many foreign countries GDP effect challenges to this amendment? And, it is good for the country to question every aspect of the most powerful document except one?
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@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
29 Jul 12
My point is that it is the only amendment that has it's own lobbying group that makes changes to the amendment almost impossible even if it is in the best interest of the country.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
29 Jul 12
I KNEW there was a reason I was forgetting for me being a part of "the left"! Of course we question everything, that's what we're supposed to do! The problem is, The Second Amendment is treated as though it's far more "sacred" than any of the others for some reason and anyone who dares question it is read the riot act and accused of being some kind of communist or something!
Annie
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@andy77e (5156)
• United States
30 Jul 12
Good. You have an opinion one way, I have opinion another way. My side is winning, and your side is losing. That doesn't mean you are not allowed to question it.
The very fact that you can discuss changing it, obviously means you are allowed to question it.
The deal though is, you are losing the discussion. There's more of us on my side, than those on your side. Which there should be, because we're right.
Just because you are losing the discussion, doesn't mean you are not discussion. Just because your questioning is being rejected, doesn't mean you are not questioning it.
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
15 Aug 12
Do you cry about the ACLU or other leftist lobbying groups who attack the First Amendment? They have every bit as much 'money' in the game as the NRA.
@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
15 Aug 12
Deb, the ACLU actually DEFENDS the first amendment, it doesn't attack it. Second, they don't have any where near the money the NRA has, or the number of politicians in their pocket. If you ever look at what the ACLU does, you would support them more. They have defending people like Rush Limbaugh, they have defended FOX (lack of) News. The defend the constitution, that is their job.
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
15 Aug 12
the ACLU actually DEFENDS the first amendment,
For the select few like Muslims, gays and criminals. But if you are a Christian who speaks out against abortion, or for school prayer, or for public displays of Christianity, the do not defend the first amendment.
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
15 Aug 12
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/6800212327.html
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
30 Jul 12
I don't know what planet you're on Debater. People question the 2nd amendment just like they do every other one. Just look at Chicago, Washington DC, Maryland, etc. There are no shortage of people questioning it just as people question the 1st, 4th, 14th, etc. If amendments were beyond question we wouldn't need the supreme court.
You're right, the NRA is a very powerful lobbying group. So is the Brady Campaign that has the opposite standpoint. If we weren't allowed to question the 2nd amendment than why exactly does the Brady Campaign exist?
@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
31 Jul 12
Taskr, my point is that when you do question the 2nd amendment the NRA come out of the wood work.
The NRA is the most powerful lobbying group in the country, is the Brady Campaign in the top 100? The Brady camp can do it because they have someone stand up to the NRA who can't be bought, or attacked. Could you imagine going after a man who saved the life of their hero, and is in a wheel chair? I think if the NRA did go after Brady they would actually get a scolding by their right wing members.
@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2 Jan 13
The Second Amendment was deemed as necessary to keep Citizens from being 'led by fear'---i.e. so we can't be "out-gunned" by government-soldiers in our neighborhoods.
(And even today--though there aren't any soldiers that I know-of stationed in any neighborhoods--I would be afraid to appear outdoors in uniform, as I would be at the mercy of neighborhood snipers (of which I have no knowledge currently 
) picking me off 
)
) picking me off )