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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (43100)	12/13/2005 8:35:33 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 90947

Could not a convention be authorized whose only allowed function is to change the 2nd amendment? Why not? A convention wouldn't even be needed. You can amend the constitution by Congress and state legislatures voting to do so. Additionally, anything they come out with has to go through a ratification process like the Constitution did and like any amendment does Not exactly. "The second method prescribed is for a Constitutional Convention to be called by two-thirds of the legislatures of the States, and for that Convention to propose one or more amendments. These amendments are then sent to the states to be approved by three-fourths of the legislatures or conventions. " usconstitution.net The states still have to approve it but the process is different and it doesn't require congress to vote for it even by a simple majority let alone the normal supermajority.

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