ORIGINAL: ipscshooter
It takes more than just an act of Congress to pass an Amendment. They could pass a law, but, such a law could be changed on a whim, if the Supreme Court interprets the 2nd Amendment as only protecting "militias." Hopefully, there are enough conservative justices that they will properly interpret the 2nd Amendment as protecting an individual rather than collective right. This is why everyone should vote for McCain rather than whichever of the two Socialist candidates the Democrat party nominates. He'll be far more likely to nominate justices like Roberts, Alito, Scalia, and Thomas.
Indeed. And it is more extensive than just appointing supreme court justices, the president also appoints federal court judges, and remember it wastwo federal appeals court judges that ruled the DC ban unconstitutional on appeal (2-1) that has now led to Washington DC appealing to the US supreme court. This is actually one of the main reasons for gun owners to vote for a Republican candidate versus a Democrat -- the Republican is much more likely to appoint originalist judges and Democrats are much more likely to appoint activist judges that are going to trample the second amendment.