Retired liberal Justice John Paul Stevens: Repeal the Second Amendment

He's 97 years old and he's not going to be around to see it happen, and all reasonable odds would suggest it never will happen. But before an idea like this can happen, it first has make its way into the Overton Window, and one way to make that happen is for a respected, venerable figure to come out and publicly advocate it. John Paul Stevens certainly qualifies, given his four decades on the Supreme Court. He was a liberal Justice appointed by Gerald Ford, which means those shameless enough could even claim he's a Republican. And this morning in the New York Times, he made it officially mainstream to call for the repeal of the Second Amendment: