Argumentative Essay: 226 Year-Old Documents

Not many 226 year old documents are as important as this one. In fact, not many documents of that age have caused as many arguments. Not only does the document cause arguments, it’s very important in our nation, The United States of America, and misinterpreting this 226 year old document will cause our country to go down the wrong path. You would think that it wouldn’t be that hard to interpret a 226 year old document, but the 2nd Amendment has caused us much trouble. The main portion of the 2nd Amendment 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.” This 226 year old statement is of much debate in previous days, months, years, and elections, and will be for many days, months, …show more content…
That is what they just got away from. The Bill of Rights was to stop this from happening, it is suppose to limit the power of the Federal Government (Patrick). The 2nd Amendment is there to help the states and the citizens, just like the rest of the amendments. Another thing this Amendment did and does, is a rebellion. If one is needed, the people have the firepower to do so. Without weapons, a rebellion would be difficult. That’s possible because the people have the right to bear arms, to protect our country, and to fix our country, if needed. The 2nd Amendment has been taken to court many times, and there have been slightly different outcomes, but they are the same for the most part. In 1886, the Supreme Court decided that not placing restrictions on firearms only pertains to the federal government. This means that although the federal government cannot make laws outlawing firearms, the individual states can. 48 years later, in 1934, the National Firearms Act was created. It required registration and taxes on sawed off shotguns and automatic weapons. It often made you get a license to own a