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[quote=Anonymous]The Constitution is not set in stone. If you don't like the second amendment, get your friends and family and the rest of the country to support you and repeal it.

If the people of the US do not want the people to have the right to keep and bear arms, there is a well documented process to change it. 2 actually -- if you don't think you can get a repeal in place, then push for a Constitutional Convention. Can't manage either? Then the will of the people remains on the side of the second amendment, try again another time.

Women know that people give lip service to things they don't actually believe all the time, which is why there's no Equal Rights amendment. But maybe people care more about guns.

I just went through the MD Wear and Carry class because I was curious about what it required, and am of the opinion that it presents a fairly high barrier for a Constitutional right. It was $400, 2 full days (16 hours) , and then actually applying for the permit requires additional fees and paperwork - including multiple not-related references, fingerprints, and an extensive background check. I'm told MD typically uses the full 90 days they have to grant the permit, if granted. My class had a decent mix of races, although few women, lest one think this is just a bunch of white dudes trying to compensate for something. There is a shooting portion of the class where you must make a minimum score in order to pass. In many ways, it reminded me of the "this is everything that can go wrong and how you're going to die" drivers ed training I had in the 1980s. Then assuming you're going to carry, you have to purchase and license a handgun. And you have to maintain your Wear and Carry permit, which is every 2 years (3 after the first renewal) requiring an additional $200 fee and full day (8 hour) class, including the shooting test, and gives the state another opportunity to revoke your permit if in the past 2/3 years you have done something to indicate you are not a safe and sober person. This is not a one time thing, it requires consistent effort and expense. SCOTUS only struck down requiring a "good and substantial reason" (because in MD, self-defense was insufficient. You needed to provide multiple police records, if you weren't a well-connected, wealthy white dude who could find someone connected to back your permit application).

I do not own a gun and have no intention of carrying, or even purchasing my own weapon. I'm fine renting from the range when I want to go target shooting. I do enjoy target shooting, typically with .22 rifles, so making guns entirely illegal is something I probably wouldn't support, but I can see myself being persuaded that even England's restrictive laws are reasonable. But for where the law of the land is today, MD's Wear and Carry requirements, without the good and substantial reason requirement, seem reasonable.[/quote]

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