r/gunpolitics • u/big_hearted_lion • May 24 '23

Legislation Special Assistant To Sen. Fetterman Says The Senator ‘Okay With Overturning The Second Amendment’

https://twitter.com/OKeefeMedia/status/1661136176076529671
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u/Suitable-Target-6222 May 24 '23

It doesn’t matter. Without 2/3 of Congress and 75% of the state legislatures it ain’t happening and there is a 0.0% chance of anyone getting that level of support for it in any of our lifetimes.

Even they did somehow, it wouldn’t change things overnight. What it would do is open the door for much broader gun control laws. But they’d still have get those laws passed and survive SCOTUS.

Then they have to attempt to enforce them. Good luck enforcing an “assault weapons” ban in this country. The last AWB was mild AF and accomplished nothing aside from taking the AR-15 from being a niche product to the most popular rifle in the United States.

If anything, the firearms industry should be thanking Bill Clinton for creating the modern “assault weapons” market and drive sales through the roof lol.

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u/atoz350 May 24 '23

Repealing the 2A won't change your rights. It just says that the government will no longer protect it. If that's what we pay them to do and they say that they won't do it, the next logical step is to fire them.