Does the 2A really matter?

Shootist, Franks point was not that nullification does not exist or that it is not used. That point was that it does not nullify the actual law. It only affects that particular case. Even the case you cited did not change the underlying law. It only changed the future of that one defendant.

I think this little side trip down history has run its course, and really has no effect on Law in general. It does not speak to the OP at all.
 
Does the 2A really matter?

Let's do a thought experiment.
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Lets do another thought experiment. How many (what percentage) of people, who leave their native land (either by design or necessity) how many AVOID the United States because we have the 2nd Amendment???

Ok, its a rhetorical question, but consider this, a couple hundred years of immigration from all over the world, did not seek the United States because we had repressive gun laws.
 
Interesting point. I'm sure many immigrants at least understand the desire to defend oneself. The majority just want pursue happiness and could care less either way. I'm going to guess that the mix of attitudes will be similar to the population already inhabiting the United States.
 
The Earth would still be the Earth without the Amazon rain forest, or the Sahara desert, or the American 2nd amendment. Rather than picking apart and questioning the individual elements of American founding documents, I would submit the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts. It is simply one aspect of the USA that signifies how unique and special it really is.
 
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