James Madison and a few other men wrote the U.S. constitution which established basic rights and laws for the national government and its citizens. When the constitution was written, a few changes were needed to be made. These changes were called amendments and the first ten amendments were named The Bill of Rights. It was required that majority of the vote between the states, wanted these changes. Finally, on September 25, 1787, the constitution and it’s first ten amendments were ratified.
Due to our limited amount of resources, the military can’t keep all of its citizens safe. Therefore, the second amendment was passed and ratified onto the constitution. The amendment stated, “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a …show more content…
When King George was mentioned, the Declaration of Independence stated that “he has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.” (Declaration of Independence). Without the protection of the “king” the U.S. citizens had no protection at all, because he controlled the whole military and their utillary. Also, the “king” was “waging War against us,” which made matters worse because he had an advantage due to his ammunition (Declaration of Independence). This is why the second amendment is a great significance to the constitution. Currently the U.S. has been receiving surprise attacks from terrorist, but because we bare arms, they haven’t corrupted our country yet, since we have self …show more content…
Bestowned from the Gun Violence Archive, there’s been “346 mass shootings,” in 2017, and there’s a”total of 34 mass shootings as of February 21,”of this year (“Mass Shootings in…”). When president Trump was asked about the second amendment and his point of view on it, he replied with, “THE SECOND AMENDMENT WILL NEVER BE REPEALED!” ( “President Trump”) There’s no hope in completely removing the second amendment, but there’s a chance in altering in it. If the amendment was more restricted, such as, background check and age limits, it would reduce the amount of mass shootings, because less convicts are capable of purchasing and owning a weapon. According to the constitution, amendments can be proposed and altered “by the congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and Senate.”(Constitutional Amendment
Due to our limited amount of resources, the military can’t keep all of its citizens safe. Therefore, the second amendment was passed and ratified onto the constitution. The amendment stated, “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a …show more content…
When King George was mentioned, the Declaration of Independence stated that “he has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.” (Declaration of Independence). Without the protection of the “king” the U.S. citizens had no protection at all, because he controlled the whole military and their utillary. Also, the “king” was “waging War against us,” which made matters worse because he had an advantage due to his ammunition (Declaration of Independence). This is why the second amendment is a great significance to the constitution. Currently the U.S. has been receiving surprise attacks from terrorist, but because we bare arms, they haven’t corrupted our country yet, since we have self …show more content…
Bestowned from the Gun Violence Archive, there’s been “346 mass shootings,” in 2017, and there’s a”total of 34 mass shootings as of February 21,”of this year (“Mass Shootings in…”). When president Trump was asked about the second amendment and his point of view on it, he replied with, “THE SECOND AMENDMENT WILL NEVER BE REPEALED!” ( “President Trump”) There’s no hope in completely removing the second amendment, but there’s a chance in altering in it. If the amendment was more restricted, such as, background check and age limits, it would reduce the amount of mass shootings, because less convicts are capable of purchasing and owning a weapon. According to the constitution, amendments can be proposed and altered “by the congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and Senate.”(Constitutional Amendment