We wondered, then, when and if there had ever been a real effort to repeal the Second Amendment in modern times. We can uphold Second Amendment rights while preventing senseless gun violence. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 17, 2012Incidentally, there is one current candidate for federal office who explicitly supports a repeal of the Second Amendment, as Salon reported. In his syndicated column that ran in March 1991, no less an esteemed conservative than George Will called directly for the amendment's repeal. There was a more significant call to repeal the Second Amendment in that same period that came from a much less expected source than a Democratic representative from New York.

Source: Washington Post May 25, 2016 13:57 UTC