S. V Cruikshank Case

The United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights was an elaborate document for its time. This document was the beginning of a revolutionary country, one that was formed from brave men and women who gave their lives so that we the people of the United States may live in a free nation today. The framers of the United States Constitution were all very intelligent men and knew what it would take to create and keep a strong free society. That is why the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution gives the people of the United States the right to bear arms. In this paper I am going to discuss and validate the American people’s right to maintain firearms for their own personal protection.

The United States of America was forged out of a raw and wild land; the main tool that was used for this forging process was the gun. Prior to the settlers arriving in the new world, North America was a land governed by Native Americans that had little law and order. When the first settlers arrived guns helped to protect them, allowed them to …show more content…
v. Cruikshank (1876). This case took place during the Reconstruction period of the south in Grand Parish, Louisiana. During this time there were many changes being made in the state and local government positions. In 1873 the governor of Louisiana appointed a new Judge and Sheriff for the Grand Parish, Louisiana area. White men in that area that were part of the Klu Klux Klan had threatened to burn down the local court house and take control of the government in retaliation for the governor’s action. The new sheriff and his posse that was made up of freed black man guarded the parish court house for three weeks. Then on April 13, 1873 the Klu Klux Klan with over a hundred men attacked the court house and burned it to the ground. In the aftermath of the attack over sixty black men had been killed, W.J. Cruikshank and eight other men were arrested for the attack (Lieber,