Donald Trump took to Twitter to insist that the Second Amendment would never be ditched (Reuters)
Stevens said gun control advocates, such as those pictured marching in Washington Saturday, need to focus on dismantling the Second Amendment (Getty)Even if such action was taken, it would then have to be ratified by three quarters of states, or their legislatures. NRA spokesman Chris Cox also hit out after Steven’s comments, saying: ‘The men and women of the National Rifle Association, along with the majority of the American people and the Supreme Court, believe in the Second Amendment right to self-protection and we will unapologetically continue to fight to protect this fundamental freedom.’ Calls for a gun crackdown have stepped up in the wake of the Parkland school shootings on February 14, which killed 14 students and three workers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. References^ Donald Trump Writing in the New York Times, the liberal former judge said: ‘That simple but dramatic action would move Saturday’s marchers closer to their objective than any other possible reform.
‘It would eliminate the only legal rule that protects sellers of firearms in the United States — unlike every other market in the world.’
Stevens also argued that those who have gathered for huge demonstrations such as Saturday’s March for Our Lives rally need to ‘seek more effective and more lasting reform.’
Repealing the Second Amendment would prove extremely challenging for gun-control advocates.
It would require two thirds of both houses of Congress to vote for such a move, or two thirds of states calling on Congress to hold a constitutional convention.