There are not enough States...3/4..... to ratify a Bill to repeal the 2nd Amendment. Neither can it be repealed by executive order.

So there are two components that conservative bat-sh*t scenarios never take account of. The other component? When can you recall any House of Congress, MUCH less both, voting 2/3 in favor of anything.

Look at the map again and tell me where the 3/4 States to ratify repeal will come from.

That's my point.

http://uspolitics.about.com/od/usgovernment/a/amendments.htm

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1. Propose An Amendment

Either Congress or the States can propose an amendment to the Constitution.
• Both Houses of Congress must propose the amendment with a two-thirds vote. This is how all current amendments have been offered.
• Two-thirds of the State legislatures must call on Congress to hold a Constitutional Convention.

2. Ratify An Admendment

Regardless of how the amendment is proposed, it must be ratified by the States.• Three-fourths of the State legislatures must approve of the amendment proposed by Congress, or

• Three-fourths of the states must approve the amendment via ratifying conventions. This method has only been used once, to repeal Prohibition (21st Amendment).

Is there a timeline for ratification? The US Supreme Court has held that ratification must happen within "some reasonable time after the proposal." Since the 18th Amendment, Congress has set a term of seven years for ratification.

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