In a new interview, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban proposed an “update” to the Second Amendment that would protect the rights of gun owners and bolster the authority of states to dictate firearm policy within their borders.
“I would go to change the Second Amendment in ways that people probably wouldn’t expect,” says Cuban, who backed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election and is mulling a 2020 bid as an Independent.
The billionaire entrepreneur said the Second Amendment should first ensure that Americans can own firearms without running a risk that the government will seize their weapons.
“One, every American citizen has the right to own a gun,” Cuban says. “Two, the federal government will never be allowed to ever confiscate that gun from an individual.”
Next, he said states should have wide latitude to determine gun policy within their borders.
“States have the right to manage the ownership—the purchase, ownership, and management—of guns owned and held within their borders,” says Cuban, a host of the television show “Shark Tank.”
“If you live in a state like Texas, if the law in Texas is open carry, so be it,” he adds. “If you live in Pennsylvania where they are more stringent and they don’t want you to be able to have a gun other than in your own premises or under lock and key or you have to do a background check, then that’s up to them to decide.”
In January, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a Second Amendment challenge against a New York City law that restricts the movement of guns about the city. The case could be used to expand gun rights now that the high court has a conservative majority.
Cuban made the comments to Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer in a conversation that aired on Yahoo Finance on Thursday in an episode of “Influencers with Andy Serwer,” a weekly interview series with leaders in business, politics, and entertainment.
While Cuban is known for the Mavericks and “Shark Tank,” he made his first billions with an online streaming company called AudioNet that he co-founded in 1995. The company, which later became broadcast.com, sold to Yahoo in 1999 for stock valued at $5.7 billion. Soon after, in 2000, Cuban purchased the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks for $285 million; the team is now valued at $2.3 billion, according to Forbes. He also co-founded 2929 Entertainment, a film production and distribution company.
Cuban has invested in hundreds of start-ups as a host of the TV show “Shark Tank,” which he joined in 2012.
‘It’s not easy to change an amendment’
In recent years, gun control advocates have largely shied away from efforts to alter the constitution, since the difficult amendment process would require significant resources without the guarantee of a favorable outcome.
A constitutional amendment must be proposed by a two-thirds majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, or by a constitutional convention called by two-thirds of state legislatures. The proposal then requires approval from three-fourths of states.
“It’s not easy to change an amendment,” Cuban acknowledges.
But the status quo presents its own challenges, he said.
“We’re trying to take a Second Amendment that has been analyzed up and down and backwards and forwards, and it’s created its own set of problems,” he adds.
“Let’s update it.”
So I’ll ask again, and no one, anywhere, any format, gun websites…..can ever answer me;
If the states can decide ‘individual policy’ – up to banning weapons that Cuban says you’re allowed to have under the Constitution…..THEN WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT OF THE CONSTITUTION – the ‘supreme law of the land’ – ANYWAY? States like CA, NY, NJ have infringed the hell out of it – so why bother?
Seems like it’s basically just a joke, any more.
Ain’t got a damn thing to do with the Constitution. It is about the Bill of Rights.
There is no point to the Constitution but the 9th Article of that Bill of Rights sure as hell says that no authority can exist in that Constitution to infringe upon my common law rights. And that 10th Article makes it absolutely clear that the states are under the same restraints as the federal government, as that is the document they are chartered under.
The only question is whether people are going to nut up and remove this unlawful corporation that has been fraudulently put in place of our united States of the Americas Constitution for a Republic.
The Bill of Rights is absolute law and it is the people’s authority and it is our duty to enforce it with an attitude of zero tolerance for any infringement.
The Bill of Rights IS SUPREME LAW…PERIOD. (insert #1 NWO HATER MIDDLE FINGER HERE)
Who died and made Mark Cuban god?
Oh yeah I almost forgot to say
Fck you Cuban
How about I take away ALL your rights Cuban and see how you like that
Simpleton motherfcker
If you got a problem with our rights , you can always leave and go live somewhere like Afghanistan , or North Korea
DROP DEAD TRAITOR!!! Fk you and your Amazon mammon.
This piece of shit made his billions from investing early on with Amazon. Now he thinks he’s God…
All these billionaires have targets on their fkg backs in my book.
9The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
10The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
2…the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.I
Lets read all of them mark cuban.
Enumeration of a right retained by the people followed by a limitation on the federal government and prohibition of the state government.
Looks like the people retain all rights regarding keeping and bearing arms.
If you want to go around it. Ban interstate sales. Otherwise shut up. You might be rich but your not well read on legal affairs or the.constitution.
Freedom means what exactly? There is nothing clearer than the bill of rights that enumerated the inability of this constitution (ie,. Federal or state governments) to have any authority over any of us as a group or as an individual.
Again, it is simple enumerations, Words constricting their contract, their constitution..!
There can never, ever be a conversation about our rights and what they mean or how they apply.
Our inherent freedom comes from our willingness to enforce our enumerated rights. They understand this..!
Cuban and the rest of these megalomaniac scum at every level have a day soon of reckoning coming.
This criminal system that has claimed we have no common law judicial system of and by the people, and that we are under some manufactured new added 14th amendment maritime judicial system, their implied consent BS, is 100% lawless and has zero legitimacy.
They just keep hoping enough tards in these engineered political parties continue to believe the next puppet show promises…
DTTNWO
Another kike who comes from the tribe that can beat God in a debate.
Why wouldn’t he think he could one-up our Rights? Not only is he self-important, he also thinks he’s important enough to impose his will on US.
Good luck, you filthy khazarian. Your head is about the size of a regulation soccer ball.
‘ Your head is about the size of a regulation soccer ball.’……………..LOL
Just going green, mary…reuse, recycle, repurpose. And it’s good for a free environment! 🙂 This ahole will finally have a use.
Couldn’t find a shorter clip, so starting at 00:43 is basically how I feel about it……..