I was gonna do a long, drawn-out thing with SC precedent case citations and colonial research showing how the 2nd amendment was pasted together out of a loose conglomeration of shared values and Southern insistence, but I'm going to keep it very brief.
We should repeal and replace the second amendment. And it's not a happy ending for people who don't like the 2nd.
First Principle:
We have an inalienable right to self defense. But what does that mean?
It means that no court should be able to hold that we cannot use firearms in defense of ourselves. The second amendment is a clause too long. We have a military. If a state wants a militia, do it. There is no need for "the security of a free state" anymore. Recent courts have affirmed that it's about self-defense, and they're right today, in the real landscape of 2019 in which we find ourselves.
This means that no state will be able to take away a citizen's right to self defense by the way of a gun. The details on concealed/open carry and whatnot will still have to be worked out, but what America is really asking for is a right to self defense. It's a great principle because it is simple and can be thought of as inalienable, and it's even more concrete than the pursuit of happiness! It's a great principle. Instill it.
There's a sting at the end of the tail. Lots of stings, actually. Gun grabbers will have to suck it for now, true. But the right to self defense is controlled by available technology of defense. This is just another way of saying that old frail people or cowards need guns today, but they may not need guns tomorrow. If that happens, so be it. However, the gun is the only way we have to guarantee a decent chance of self defense in dire emergencies. All gun defense is emergent when practiced by a citizen. You don't see it coming, you need the gun if you are going to put down the threat. That's it. You're old, you need a gun. You're too scared, you need a gun. If you want it. It's fundamental to our personal safety. That may not be true in the future.
To accommodate this, we need to examine a truth, and here's the truth. Every single "illegal" gun was once in the care of a good honest hardworking law abiding citizen. But it found its way into the hands of a criminal. Some by stealing, sure. But gun culturalists, back me up here. It's shady. You need some cash, you sell a gun. Happens all the fucking time. You have no control over it from that point on. We need that gun control. The control that enables us to pin a gun user to a gun, and an audit of ownership. Make a cradle-to-grave registry. There are many millions of guns grandfathered, but the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. When the tech catches up, install biometrics. I understand there are tech obstacles there, but clearly we're going to get there.
And that's about all for the law. Strike the 2nd, and give us a right to self defense. That's the way. Word it so states cannot stop somebody from defending himself. I don't know how to do that, but it's possible for legal minds to come up with something.
On makes/functionality of weapons, let the debate continue. We're in a good place because we're debating in the same arena, quibbling over this stock or that barrel. It's fine. These are minor issues, and not a serious problem or an infringement on self defense.
That's all, thanks.
