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    The Right To Keep And Bear Arms Thursday‚ 19 August‚ 1996 "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" (Bill of Rights‚ Article II). This seemingly simple phrase is probably the source of more debate and argument than any other single sentence in American history. The argument is not black or white‚ pro or con. Rather‚ it encompasses many shades of gray. At the one end of the spectrum you have

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    The Right to Bare Arms 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

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    More Guns More Risk The argument that everyone has a constitutional right to bear arms is being politicized within our educational environment. To allow college students to have concealed weapons on campus will welcome in the same criminality that plagues our society. Students carrying guns on campus will increase violent crimes and subject students to injury in a confrontation or victim to a senseless killing. The potential threat that would come from allowing students to legally carry guns far

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    amendment‚ which 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.”(5). Majority of Americans focus on “bearing-arms”‚ however the key to that amendment is “militia”. Arms are military weapons‚ firearms used by a well-regulated militia‚ at the time the Second Amendment was written‚ were mostly long arms that‚ like a smaller stockpile of pistols‚ could discharge only once before they had to be reloaded

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    Does the government have the right to regulate guns? According to former Chief Justice Warren E. Burger it does. In his article‚ published in the January 14‚ 1990‚ issue of Parade‚ titled The Right to Bear Arms‚ Warren feels that changes need to be made to the second amendment of our constitution in order to save peoples lives. He opens the essay with a statistic that states that many of the United State’s major centers have up to ten times the murder rate of all of Western Europe. Warren then

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    The second amendment‚ the right to bear arms‚ was adopted on December 15‚ 1791. In that day in age‚ guns were not as powerful as they have become‚ and many who created the Bill of Rights could not have predicted the future. If the constitution‚ or Bill of Rights‚ had been written with the knowledge of today’s weapons the Second Amendment would be different. Now in the 21st century there have been many cases where the Second Amendment has been brought into question. These cases have brought questions

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    Riwen Zhang Thesis Paper Nov 12‚ 2014 Concealed Carry Right Should be limited Because of the establishment of concealed carry legislation by all states over the years‚ it has been increasingly possible for almost every American citizen to carry concealed weapons in public places. As unfortunate and horrifying gun violence tragedies like the Newtown School Shooting and Sandy Hook school shooting repeatedly occur‚ whether citizens should have the right to carry a conceal handgun in public has created

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    Civilian and the Right to Bear Arms. Brady Blackner November‚ 30‚ 2010 Communications 215 Instructor: Barbara Lach-Smith The American Civilian and the Right to Bear Arms In the Bill of Rights‚ under the Second Amendment‚ it 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” (Government Printing Office‚ 1996‚ p. 1193). This amendment is often referred to as “The right to bear arms.” Many people

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    UNIVERSIDAD DEL TURABO NAGUABO‚ PUERTO RICO ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY FINAL HOMEWORK LURDES M. PEREZ S00604108 PROF. RAMOS/ENGLISH 153 Right To Bear Arms Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to a complete stranger who is in your house‚ threatening to harm you‚ and your family‚ and you cannot do anything about it. Imagine‚ not being able to go target shooting or hunting‚ because there are laws passed to prevent you from owning a firearm. The truth is‚ more and more people in

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    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. Every person has a different view on the Second Amendment. Is it a legitimate right or has it already fulfilled its purpose? I believe in the right as it has been established‚ however it needs provisions. A rising conflict in the United States is the right to bear arms. You’re either pro-Second Amendment or anti-Second Amendment. The meaning of the

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