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[AFTT47]

A constitutional amendment requires a super majority. It must pass with 2/3 of the vote in both houses of congress and then ratification by 3/4 of the states.

The states can amend the US constitution without congress.

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register...cle-v.html

I didn't know about that path. It still leaves the most difficult part: ratification by 3/4 of the states. It only takes 13 states to defeat it. States like:

Alaska
Arizona
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Wyoming

Can anyone familiar with those states imagine them supporting the gutting of the 2nd Amendment? And just in case Hell freezes over and a few of them do, there is still:

Alabama
Arkansas
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
North Carolina
South Carolina
West Virginia

Sorry but the 2nd Amendment is safe for a long time.

As for a Supreme Court reinterpretation of it, they only weighed in on it a few years ago. Again, it's safe for a long time.

Like I said up-thread, it will take a radical culture change. It might be a realistic possibility in 30 years but I would guess more like 50.