COS Poses Threat to 2nd Amendment
COS has maintained that “Alterations to the 2nd Amendment cannot be on the table” at a COS-type Article V convention. However, when a COS supporter asked on Facebook why couldn’t the Second Amendment be updated at a COS Article V convention, Convention of States Project answered back that “Clarification Clauses” such as the supporter was referring to are “very much on the agenda” of many COS study groups around the country. So much for the COS assurance that a COS-type Article V convention wouldn’t threaten the Second Amendment!
Watch the 3-minute video above, “Tricked Into Gun Control,” for more details on the COS threat to the 2nd Amendment.
COS Claims Convention “Limited”
The Convention of States (COS) official website poses the question: “Can an Article V Convention be Limited to a Single Subject?”
The COS answer to this question is: “Yes. The text, history, and purpose of Article V all point to the ability of the states to limit a convention to the consideration of a single topic or set of topics.”
However, The John Birch Society has maintained since the 1980s that an Article V convention cannot be limited. Watch the above video, “An Article V Convention: Can It Be Limited?”, for the reasons why the JBS says Article V conventions have the inherent power to be “runaway” conventions.