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goobster  ·  3063 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Guns in America

Actually, the Second Amendment is worded oddly, and can be read two different ways. For the majority of its existence it was read in the "well regulated militia" sense.

However fairly recently (in the last two decades, IIRC), another Supreme Court case interpreted it as "an individual's right to own pretty much anything".

The Constitution didn't change, nor was it amended. Case law determines how we implement the rights outlined in the constitution.

So we don't have to change the Constitution. And there are oodles of steps we can take in case law and other laws that could make gun ownership a more respectable and regulated thing. Like cars.