I will admit that I have mixed feelings about the Second Amendment.  As does the Supreme Court; <i>Heller</i> was a 5-4 decision, in which the minority disagreed with the interpretation of the text that you claim is plain and indisputable.  Furthermore, &quot;Four times between 1876 and 1939, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to rule that the Second Amendment protected individual gun ownership outside the context of a militia.&quot; [0]  You could argue, I suppose, that the true meaning of the amendment was forgotten and has been recovered, but then I think you should attempt to explain why that happened.<p>&gt; Now you may say that this right is trumped by others&#x27; right to live peaceably without fear of being shot. I won&#x27;t disagree.<p>Okay -- we agree on something :-)<p>&gt; But what you should be agitating for is repeal of the second amendment<p>This doesn&#x27;t follow.  We all know about restrictions on speech that are seen as legitimate -- yelling &quot;fire!&quot; in a crowded theater, etc.; the examples are familiar -- yet the arguments for these restrictions are not taken as arguments for repealing the First Amendment altogether.<p>I certainly think that my right to live peaceably, as you say, without fear of being shot, is worthy of some protection and needs to be balanced against gun ownership rights.<p>I also wonder how well even armed citizens can defend themselves against a tyrannical government in this era of militarized police, modern weapons, and SWAT teams.  240 years ago, the arms technology race had only barely started; now it is in full swing.  We know how arms races end: the side with the most money wins.  Even if the Second Amendment came to be read to permit citizens to own tanks, drones, etc., people can&#x27;t afford them.<p>Personally I think the right to communicate with my fellow citizens unmonitored is more important, and in the end more likely to be decisive.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.brennancenter.org&#x2F;analysis&#x2F;how-nra-rewrote-second-amendment" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.brennancenter.org&#x2F;analysis&#x2F;how-nra-rewrote-secon...</a>