Former-Justice Stevens - Repeal The Second Amendment

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has waded into the question of gun violence in the United States. He offered his support for the students that marched last Saturday, and said it showed the need to pass some stricter gun laws. But he went even further, and said they should be demanding a repeal of the Second Amendment. Here is what he said:

“Rarely in my lifetime have I seen the type of civic engagement schoolchildren and their supporters demonstrated in Washington and other major cities throughout the country this past Saturday. These demonstrations demand our respect. They reveal the broad public support for legislation to minimize the risk of mass killings of schoolchildren and others in our society.”

“That support is a clear sign to lawmakers to enact legislation prohibiting civilian ownership of semiautomatic weapons, increasing the minimum age to buy a gun from 18 to 21 years old, and establishing more comprehensive background checks on all purchasers of firearms. But the demonstrators should seek more effective and more lasting reform. They should demand a repeal of the Second Amendment.”