Repeal the Second Amendment

When this amendment was passed, we were a fledgeling nation The Second Amendment was based partially on the right to bear arms in English common-law, and was influenced by the English Bill of Rights of 1689. This right was described by Blackstone as an auxiliary right, supporting the natural rights of self-defense, resistance to oppression, and the civic duty to act in concert in defense of the state. With a standing army of almost 1 million and the strongest defense apparatus in the world, with state and local police forces as capable as most countries armies, there is no longer a need for every citizen to have the right to bear arms. At best, they should ask for the privilege based on compelling circumstances