(August 28, 2015 at 12:14 pm)Rhythm Wrote: The way is open for gun regulation even without a repeal, even without amendment. We already regulate. Prohibition is also open, and we already prohibit, though, granted, not total prohibition. I don;t see either of those things as infringing upon or removing that right that I do have. I don't see that we couldn't accomplish what we hope to accomplish within what laws we already have. Do you?
One problem is that since McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010), which incorporated the 2nd Amendment to the states under the 14th Amendment, it is much harder to regulate, much less prohibit, guns at the state and local level. Prior to that ruling, the way was open -- potentially at least -- for state or local governments to pass restrictive legislation since the 2nd Amendment prior to "McDonald" only strictly applied to the U.S. Congress.
