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Originally Posted by John Drake
Be careful what you wish for.
Have a ruling which says that convicted felons and mental patients must be sold Thompsons and you will soon see that Amendment; and the reaction of the so far silent majority on this issue may not be at all kind toward those they will then regard as either manifestly insane, blatantly criminal or both
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I doubt it.
The pro-gun-control crowd doesn't actually want to work to change the law the right way. If they did, they would have already.
John, convicted felons already can and DO get any form of weapon they want - just not legally. There is not a single law you could possibly create which would change that.
The 2nd Amendment will not be repealed. Even if every anti-gun idiot in the nation actually showed up to vote, you still wouldn't manage more than 5-7 states in support of the change.
If I am incorrect, that would be even worse, as I can assure you, MANY gun owners would simply decide they'd had enough and you'd see another revolution.
It would make FAR more sense, be much less expensive, and not require an amendment to simply reduce the number of felonies on the books and then punish the criminals severely - do not let them out of jail until their sentence is complete.