And one nit: many state constitutions also explicitly protect the right to keep and bear arms WITHOUT the problematic "well-regulated militia" language of the federal amendment. Such provisions would require attention in your 2nd Amendment reform scenario.
Florida's Article I Section 8, for example, states:
"The right of the people to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves and of the lawful authority of the state shall not be infringed, except that the manner of bearing arms may be regulated by law."
Worry not, though, as you are not alone in our embattled Western world. The European Union has been as tangled in trying to create a federal system in which some basic rules of society are the same irrespective of country, just not about guns.
And one nit: many state constitutions also explicitly protect the right to keep and bear arms WITHOUT the problematic "well-regulated militia" language of the federal amendment. Such provisions would require attention in your 2nd Amendment reform scenario.
Florida's Article I Section 8, for example, states:
"The right of the people to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves and of the lawful authority of the state shall not be infringed, except that the manner of bearing arms may be regulated by law."
I get it. It is a terrible tangle.
Worry not, though, as you are not alone in our embattled Western world. The European Union has been as tangled in trying to create a federal system in which some basic rules of society are the same irrespective of country, just not about guns.
May humanity one day attain a modicum of reason.