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Re:Ex-Mozilla CTO: I was grilled for three hours at US airpo... by cyphar on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @02:20PM (#19565822)
The Supreme Court first ruled in 2008[1] that the right to personal ownership of guns is a valid reading of the 2nd Amendment (devoid of any military/militia purpose -- a departure from previous Supreme Court decisions).

While it is correct to argue that Supreme Court decisions are "case law", the Supreme Court is the final appellate court in the US -- so the only way to change their decision would be through a constitutional amendment.

So, opposing the second amendment is the only way to effectively oppose the rulings related to it (assuming that's what you want to oppose).

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller

Re:Ex-Mozilla CTO: I was grilled for three hours at US airpo... by justin66 on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @06:43PM (#19567848)
It would be more accurate to say advocating for a different interpretation of the second amendment. At times, some do advocate for the repeal of an amendment as well, and in that case the "opposed to x amendment" verbiage seems a bit more appropriate. There have been a few groups calling for constitutional conventions in the past few years and I think there are some examples of this there. I don't think actually repealing the second amendment has ever been a remotely mainstream idea in the United States.

> While it is correct to argue that Supreme Court decisions are "case law", the Supreme Court is the final appellate court in the US -- so the only way to change their decision would be through a constitutional amendment.

The supreme court does change their mind about things, as the Heller decision demonstrates.

Re:Ex-Mozilla CTO: I was grilled for three hours at US airpo... by cyphar on Monday April 08, 2019 @09:03AM (#19604777)
> The supreme court does change their mind about things, as the Heller decision demonstrates.

Heller was not a change of mind by the supreme court (it ruled on a different matter to previous rulings -- which had explicitly skirted around the problem of civilian ownership of weapons outside of a military context).

However, even if it were a change of mind -- the supreme court changing its rulings is an incredibly rare event because such events question the finality and authority of their decisions.

Hence why I said "the only way to change their decision would be through a constitutional amendment" -- because waiting for the supreme court to change their mind about it (while technically possible and sometimes the case) is hardly a useful policy position for a political argument.