The Constitution gives gun owners greater rights than women have

[Ohiogal]

Here’s a disturbing fact to consider in 2018, the year women supposedly began to topple the patriarchy: Gun owners in the United States, a majority of whom are men, have better constitutional rights than women.

Gun owners have the Second Amendment, in place since the 18th century. The U.S. is one of only three countries that offer constitutional protection to gun owners.

Women, meanwhile, have been fighting for an equal rights amendment for decades. That’s because the Constitution does not actually grant women equal rights under the law, setting the country apart from 131 other nations that explicitly guarantee gender equality in their constitutions.

This failing means that when it comes to a raft of issues ― including equal pay, sexual harassment and domestic violence ― women lose.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-constitution-gives-gun-owners-greater-rights-than-women/ar-BBJYTBG

[MichMary]

1. Back in the '80s

I had a conversation with a co-worker (an older woman) about the ERA. She was sure that it included things like men in women's restrooms. I quoted it to her, the exact language, and she replied that, oh, she was sure there was more to it than that.

But, when I look at how far women have come in the last 30 years, we have made incredible strides in spite of no ERA. There is still much more to go, but we will get there.

[msongs]

2. gun owners have rights. high school students shot to death...not so much nt

[smirkymonkey]

3. I find this so depressing. WTF is wrong with this country?

We are supposedly a developed nation, yet socially and politically we are so far behind others in our "league".