Right To Bear Arms Pros And Cons
The 2nd Amendment, The right to bear arms was first passed on September 25, 1789 and then it was included to the 10 Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791. The need of the second amendment was for the security of our States. James Madison introduced the second amendment as an opinion to provide more power to the militias. The Right to Bear Arms amendment has evolved since it was first introduced and adopted by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. For example, the second amendment applies to the military so they could have more protection when emergencies or emergency wars occurred but then the people started taking over and as well, the people started being armed and it got to the point where our government starting being afraid
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On May 29, 2015 the Open Carry law passed in the Texas and Senate house but the law would not take effect until January 1, 2016 and Greg Abbott the Governor of Texas positively tweeted: “Open Carry just passed in both the Texas House & Senate. Next destination: My Pen. #txlege #tcot @NRA — Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) May 29, 2015”. Many citizens are not happy with this because many children or young teens even adults get startled by seeing a gun out on the open like that. It’s disturbing not being able to have a world that’s in peace because it has gotten to the point that the people are having to carry fire arms in case of an emergency and it’ll be justified as self-defense. Statewide almost 70 percent of sheriffs oppose to the open carry law. The United States Supreme Court, after adding the 2nd amendment to the Bill of Rights had not made a decision to change anything until the United States V. Miller in 1939, after the argument of unregistered firearms for militia, the ‘National Firearms Act’ was added to the 2nd amendment, so now a “12-gauge shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches long without having registered it and without having in his possession a stamp-affixed written order for it” if going pass the requirements of the amendment it won’t protect
On May 29, 2015 the Open Carry law passed in the Texas and Senate house but the law would not take effect until January 1, 2016 and Greg Abbott the Governor of Texas positively tweeted: “Open Carry just passed in both the Texas House & Senate. Next destination: My Pen. #txlege #tcot @NRA — Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) May 29, 2015”. Many citizens are not happy with this because many children or young teens even adults get startled by seeing a gun out on the open like that. It’s disturbing not being able to have a world that’s in peace because it has gotten to the point that the people are having to carry fire arms in case of an emergency and it’ll be justified as self-defense. Statewide almost 70 percent of sheriffs oppose to the open carry law. The United States Supreme Court, after adding the 2nd amendment to the Bill of Rights had not made a decision to change anything until the United States V. Miller in 1939, after the argument of unregistered firearms for militia, the ‘National Firearms Act’ was added to the 2nd amendment, so now a “12-gauge shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches long without having registered it and without having in his possession a stamp-affixed written order for it” if going pass the requirements of the amendment it won’t protect