Bloomberg Law
March 29, 2018, 1:21 PM UTC

Trump, Ex-Justice Wrangle Over Guns; Repeal Doubts Raised

Bernie Pazanowski

• John Paul Stevens proposes repealing Second Amendment; President Trump tweets response

• Legal scholars and practitioners say repeal is a bad idea

Repealing the Second Amendment got no support from legal practitioners and scholars interviewed by Bloomberg Law amid new controversy over the right to bear arms triggered by retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and amplified by President Donald Trump.

“While motivated by a reasonable desire to reduce gun violence, Stevens’s proposal to repeal the Second Amendment is a mistake,” Adam Winkler, a constitutional law professor at UCLA and author, told Bloomberg Law.

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