In my opinion i believe so! It is 2016 we now have a better idea how the world works and what universal laws are efficient enough for our citizens to prosper. Do you actually think people from the 1700's who lived in a isolated country knew what they were actually putting on that document? They had no idea! We now live in different times. Its about dammm time for some change.

The Constitution in most countries is always changing, it is the "living tree" metaphor, the Constitution adapts to changing times, it just does this VERY VERY slowly
As for the Constitution actually getting an update, no, that is extremely hard given amendment formulas. I don't know the particulars in the US, but I'm a law student in Canada, and to have anything changed requires so much agreement among the provinces that it is virtually impossible and thus never happens. It is the Supreme Court that "interprets" the law to the changing times... i.e. most Constitutions never envisioned homosexuality, so based on the original texts of the Constitution discrimination based on sexual orientation is still allowed, it is the court system that reads sexual orientation into the Constitution to adapt to the changing times

yes it needs an update but tbh for certain countries such as canada (like what trav said) it's pretty impossible for an update to just HAPPEN. it takes years and it slowly changes

this is probably just my optimism speaking, however

The U.S. Constitution's amendments and judicial review have lowkey removed the need for another draft.

If I remember right, to amend the Constitution, it either requires a 66% percent majority in both House of Reps and Senate or 66% of all the state legislatures to call for a convention (which is about 38 states). The latter is so rare that it has only happened once in the last 240 years and that was to repeal prohibition.

If done by the first method, it is then sent to the states to be ratified. Which must be approved by at least 3/4 of their legislatures or their ratifying conventions in at least 38 of the states. This is so incredibly rare and difficult. The reason for this is because the Founders believed it had to be so difficult that it would make it impossible for future governments to twist the very foundations of the Constitution to suit their needs.

If this is true it seems that it is even harder in the US than in Canada for a constitutional amendment, in Canada it is the 7/50 rule (7 of the 10 provinces which must account for at least 50% of the population), which is typically hard seeing as the various regions in Canada have quite different views (the west, the maritime, Quebec always likes to mess stuff up too)

but yah as you said the reasons for it being so hard to amend are valid as well, we don't want a new ruler coming into power and changing all the rules to make him or her the ruler forever, which is what happens in a lot of shady countries

Pretty much. It's been a long time since I had to review Constitutional law but this is pretty easy to look up and figure out. Founders' whole intention of this method of amendments was to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority (which was born from England's oppressive governance).

And it's a pretty impressive achievement to create an almost living document that's designed to adapt to modern times. This is where judicial review is so crucial because it's by their own check and balance nature that they've allowed so many progress to be made (against both the executive and legislative branches) in the last 100 years.

This is why an amendment isn't necessary anymore.

It should be brought up again and revised by society’s modern views, the second amendment needs a major update.