After a retired Supreme Court justice called for the repeal of the Second Amendment on Tuesday, President Donald Trump reassured his base that he would “NEVER” let that happen.
“THE SECOND AMENDMENT WILL NEVER BE REPEALED!” he tweeted Wednesday morning. “As much as Democrats would like to see this happen, and despite the words yesterday of former Supreme Court Justice Stevens, NO WAY.”
THE SECOND AMENDMENT WILL NEVER BE REPEALED! As much as Democrats would like to see this happen, and despite the words yesterday of former Supreme Court Justice Stevens, NO WAY. We need more Republicans in 2018 and must ALWAYS hold the Supreme Court!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2018
In his New York Times essay, former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said repealing the right to bear arms from the Constitution would be the fastest mechanism for legal change surrounding gun control. He said the move would limit the National Rifle Association’s lobbying power and make room for significant gun access legislation.
Gun control has made its way back to the national conversation following the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida last month that left 17 people dead. In the month since the attack, the high school student survivors have lead national protests calling for a ban on semi-automatic weapons and common sense gun reform measures.
Never’s a long time.
And “never” has been used for too many things that now “are.”
Of course, one should never expect that Spanky, the Orange Buffoon, Current Occupant in the Oval Office would appreciate this. Reading history is far beyond his feeble intellectural capacity.
I am sure someone said that on Fox as a reason Why We Have To Elect Republicans In The MidTerms - and Trump!
Voila a lazy trump tweet - with all caps no less. I am sure his fanbase is both cheering and frothing at the mouth.
Ya but you will be chump
and as @lizzymom says
Chickens before they’re hatched
Tell someone in 1950 a Black man would spend 8 years a President and that gay , lesbian and transgender people would be openly serving in the military and in government.
They would have had you committed.
Those young people have had enough and they are the next generation of legislators and supreme court justices.
Maybe not in my lifetime, but hope for the future
We don’t need to repeal the 2nd to enact a ban on semi-automatic weapons and common sense gun reform measures.
Don’t let the NRA tell you what Scalia wrote in the Heller decision, they are lying,.
It’s not necessary to repeal the Second Amendment, just regulate and order better the “militia” referred to in that crucial introductory clause. Even Scalia, in the Heller decision, wrote that nothing in that amendment precludes placing restrictions on types of weapons and who can possess or have access to them.
So, let’s see–and insist upon–some regulating, then.