Yes, for the pedantic among us, that would mean the Second Amendment would still exist; it would just forbid the quartering of troops against people's will. AdvertisementSo, with that in mind, and assuming that past gun control efforts hadn't come to fruition any more than they have in our version of the world, would violent crime make me inclined to support gun control now? The Second Amendment is the backbone of our defense of those gun rights. Editor’s Note: The radical Left will stop at nothing to enact their radical gun control agenda and strip us of our Second Amendment rights. Help us continue to report on and expose the Democrats’ gun control policies and schemes.