Donald Trump vowed never to crack down on guns Wednesday after a retired Supreme Court justice called for the Second Amendment to be repealed.
The President tweeted: THE SECOND AMENDMENT WILL NEVER BE REPEALED!
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As much as Democrats would like to see this happen, and despite the words yesterday of former Supreme Court Justice Stevens, NO WAY.
We need more Republicans in 2018 and must ALWAYS hold the Supreme Court!
He took the uncompromising pro-gun stance hours after John Paul-Stevens, 97, branded 2A a relic of the 18th century.
THE SECOND AMENDMENT WILL NEVER BE REPEALED! As much as Democrats would like to see this happen, and despite the words yesterday of former Supreme Court Justice Stevens, NO WAY. We need more Republicans in 2018 and must ALWAYS hold the Supreme Court!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2018
Writing in the New York Times, the liberal former judge said: That simple but dramatic action would move Saturdays marchers closer to their objective than any other possible reform.
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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 Saturdays 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.
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 Stevens 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.
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