The second amendment under the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution has protected the right of the people to keep and bear arms since 1791 (Head). It protects an individual’s right…
The Second Amendment states, “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” This amendment has caused many debates throughout the years due to the different ways in which it could be interpreted. Most federal appeals courts have said that, when read as a whole, this amendment protects only the rights of the militia to bear arms. However, on a decision made on March 8, 2007, the majority focused on the second clause, saying that the amendment protects the rights of individual people to own firearms as well. The decision was made in a federal appeals court in Washington to strike down a gun control law in the District of Columbia that made it impossible for residents to keep handguns in their homes. The court ruled that banning the right to own firearms was a violation of the Second Amendment.…
The United States Constitution was created on September 17, 1787 as the supreme law of the land. This document outlines the ten amendments which guarantee certain rights that American citizens will always have. One of these freedoms and possibly the most important is the right to keep and bear arms. As written in the Constitution, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” (U.S. Constitution). Whatever the purpose these guns are meant to serve it is clear that the right to own them cannot be impaired.…
The provision of the English Bill of Rights that guaranteed the right to bear arms and required parliamentary consent to have a standing army was so important because it provided citizens with some form of defense, support, and protection. The right to bear arms was important because it allowed every citizen to protect themselves against harm legally, as opposed to only having a select few citizens that were guaranteed this right like it was before this provision. It was also important for consent from parliament in order to have a standing army because it would provide protection whenever a standing army was in place, but would still allow limitations on when the country would have one. This could ultimately help the country save money by…
The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states that a well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. The exact wording of the amendment has been changed twice before the U.S. Senate finally approved it in its present form.…
The language used in the second amendment has a lot to do with the different interpretations as it reads, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed”. The first part, “A well…
As Americans we have civil liberties. Civil liberties are basic rights and freedoms that are guaranteed to American citizens (Thompson). For example, as Americans one of our civil liberties is to keep and bear arms. In our society, this civil liberty has become an issue due to several incidents involving firearms. Therefore, a bill has been constructed threatening our right to bear arms. I feel that as Americans we have many reasons that we should have this civil liberty is because the right to bear arms involved in the second and fourth amendments. The second amendment clearly states “a well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right if the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. If our government can take away our rights like it’s nothing, then what else can they take from us? We have many rights as Americans. The right to bear arms is one of the biggest. Some of the reasons why we shouldn’t have guns banned are second and fourth amendments, hunting, they will not end deaths, and how there are many other reasons of death that we should be worried about. Although these are just among the few that I have mentioned there are plenty more reasons why Americans should be able to have guns in our nation.…
Bearing arms gives people an easier solution to wound or kill someone. Allowing ordinary citizens to bear arms whether for self-defense or target training should not be allowed as these weapons are frequently used for the wrong reason; for example, using the weapon with the intention to wound or kill someone. Many countries that allow citizens to have the right to bear arms contain many reports on deaths from gunpoint. In USA alone, on average 10,000 people die a year due to firearms, whether the deaths are murder, from self-defense or accidents. Ordinary citizens should not be given the right to bear firearms as it provides an easier way to kill or wound someone, rather than actually help the people.…
In the United States of America, the right to bear arms was considered one of the most important rights of its citizens. This right is so important that it is protected by the second amendment to the constitution of the United States. Countless debates have been held to discuss the right to bear arms and the consequences and benefits of restricting this right.…
Since the beginning of our nation after the Declaration of Independence was signed, individuals have had the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Inside these ‘rights’ is the right to bear arms. Is that wrong? Should all people have access to firearms? As stated in the second amendment, we as a nation and individuals have every right to own our own weapons. Therefore, it is your right to either own a weapon or not. There are some who buy a gun, put it in their gun cabinet, and never look at it again for years. Others shoot their guns regularly at ranges, take it to go on a hunting trip, or keep it close to their bed at night if they live in areas with a high crime rate, and these are all practices of using a gun that are considered to be proper uses. On the other hand, there are those who obtain them illegally and use them to harm, murder, rape, or put fear in other citizens. Most states offer a concealed handgun license that you can get when you turn twenty-one by going through the right course in order for you to carry a weapon around legally. The right to bear arms is an important symbol of an individual’s freedoms that our founding fathers established for those who understood the proper and improper uses when you bear arms, and anyone or anything trying to take that away is morally unjust and unconstitutional.…
Gun Safety has been a big topic that people are speaking of all the time. The Second Amendment says that citizens have the right to bear arms. That amendment was created for militias as America had become free and they didn’t want any surprise attacks from Britain incase they tried to take America back, now America and Britain are close allies. Everyday on the news there’s always a shooting and maybe it’s because guns are easy to access. I do not think that civilians need guns. Now some might argue that the police are corrupt and that they don’t want to rely on the police to do something that they can handle but that is their job. If guns are banned than their needs to be higher protection against smuggling as criminals will obviously not…
The freedom to bear arms has always been guaranteed in the second amendment for the longest. Many people and groups are trying to pretend that the constitution does not exist. These pope, are trying to band all weapons and reduce the rate that they sell at to reduce the crime rate. Gun control in my opinion will not stop someone from finding a weapon and purchasing it, there will always still be ways to find and use weapons even with gun control. The constitution was written and produced to be permanent for the people of the United States and not re done or messed with. People were raised by conservative parents back in the day.…
Shootings, massacres and suicides. The united States of America has extrememly high rates of each compared to every other country in the world. Why, you may ask? It's all down to the second amendment to its constiution - the right to bear arms. Firearm regulations and laws are subtly varied in each country and though most governments are iron-fisted when it comes to guns. Nevertheless, North America is exceedingly leiniet and the majority of its population is entitled to legal firearm ownership.…
It's a great thing that we have gun rights. What if someone broke into your house with a weapon and you were in the same situation as my neighbor, but there were no gun rights and because of that you didn't have a gun to protect yourself? It's a scary thought. The importance of allowing citizens access to guns as a life-saving measure is even more evident as it comes to instances of multiple-victim public shootings at school. There…
The text of the Second Amendment of America’s constitution is as followed “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary for the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” (U.S. Const. amend. II). This small portion of text has been widely debated and analyzed over the years to determine exactly what it entails in order to discover what rights it actually grants United States citizens, if any. Over the course of our nations brief existence we, as a people, have had the pleasure of practicing our right of self-preservation through the tools that have been bestowed upon us via the Second Amendment. However, some individuals have grown comfortable in an existence where…