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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: The true meaning of the "right to bear arms&q
Date: 07/18/23 1:42 PM
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Why can't this be placed on the ballot and voted on by the American people ?
Prohibition ( 18th Amendment ) was repealed by the 21st Amendment, why can't the
2nd Amendment be repealed ?

Because you won't get even so much as a plurality to vote for it, when in fact you need a supermajority in both houses of Congress:

archives.gov - Federal register

The Constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures.

And then after that you need 3/4ths of the states. You'd get less than half.
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