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**Hugh** · 07-04-2018, 20:41

No one is saying give up their arms, just have them well regulated - licenced, insured, and kept safely and securely; that is the NRA "all or nothing" argument, except they don't apply it to bazookas or grenade launchers.

For instance, civilians can buy a 150 round drum magazine for an AR-15 - this is just insane.

Anyway, States can't just pass a local law saying they are seceding - they would have to amend the US Constitution (as there is nothing in there about States leaving, only joining), and amending the Constitution requires approval of the amendment by either
1) two-thirds of each branch of Congress or
2) two-thirds of states at a specially-formed constitutional convention, with the amendment then being ratified by three-quarters of the states.

This is difficult enough that it has been done only 17 times in 227 years, excluding the passage of the Bill of Rights shortly after the Constitution itself was ratified.

07-04-2018, 20:41	#267
Hugh laeva recumbens anguis Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 68 Services: Premiere Collection Posts: 43,540	Re: Florida Shooting: 17 Students Shot dead in another Mass Shooting in the U.S No one is saying give up their arms, just have them well regulated - licenced, insured, and kept safely and securely; that is the NRA "all or nothing" argument, except they don't apply it to bazookas or grenade launchers. For instance, civilians can buy a 150 round drum magazine for an AR-15 - this is just insane. Anyway, States can't just pass a local law saying they are seceding - they would have to amend the US Constitution (as there is nothing in there about States leaving, only joining), and amending the Constitution requires approval of the amendment by either 1) two-thirds of each branch of Congress or 2) two-thirds of states at a specially-formed constitutional convention, with the amendment then being ratified by three-quarters of the states. This is difficult enough that it has been done only 17 times in 227 years, excluding the passage of the Bill of Rights shortly after the Constitution itself was ratified. __________________ Thank you for calling the Abyss. If you have called to scream, please press 1 to be transferred to the Void, or press 2 to begin your stare. If my post is in bold and this colour, it's a Moderator Request. Last edited by Hugh; 07-04-2018 at 20:51.