What is needed to repeal an amendment?

Any existing constitutional amendment can be repealed but only by the ratification of another amendment. Because repealing amendments must be proposed and ratified by one of the same two methods of regular amendments, they are very rare.

Who is responsible to pay back all debts?

Summary—Debts of Congress The United States takes full financial responsibility for all the debts accrued and money borrowed under the authority of the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolution. The United States solemnly pledges to repay all these debts.

Will the US 2nd Amendment ever be taken away?

In the history of the United States, the only amendment that’s ever been repealed is Prohibition. The 21st Amendment, in 1933, repealed the 18th Amendment, of 1919, which prohibited the making, transportation and sale of alcohol. McMahon told CBS News it’s “very unlikely” that the Second Amendment could ever be repealed.

What happens if the Second Amendment is repealed?

If the Second Amendment were repealed, federal law would only prohibit gun rights as decided by Congress. Even then that federal power is not unlimited. It has to be tied to one of the enumerated powers in Article I, Section 8.

What if the 2nd were repealed?

So if the 2nd Amendment was repealed, I would expect that a host of state laws regulating firearms would come forth fairly quickly. But a few states would still allow sales of firearms, and some of these firearms would end up in the hands of criminals in states where firearms were more strictly regulated, so there would be a push for federal regulation of firearms.

Should we change the 2nd Amendment?

If we hold the basic truths in the preamble of our constitution to be true, then the time has come to realize that the 2nd amendment, as it is currently written and interpreted, must be changed to reflect the realities of the 21st Century.