The Second Amendment of the Constitution 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." The meaning of this is that all U.S citizens have the right to own a gun and use it in any situation needed, and when it says “Shall not be Infringed” it means to Actively break terms of a Law or Agreement. A gun's purpose in mostly to protect and defend people.
I am for the second amendment that is my point of view. On June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Heller v. District of Columbia. The Supreme Court struck down provisions of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 as unconstitutional, determined that handguns are "arms" for the purposes of the Second Amendment, found that the Regulations Act was an unconstitutional ban, and struck down the portion of the Regulations Act that requires all firearms including …show more content…
Prior to this decision the Firearms Control Regulation Act of 1975 also restricted residents from owning handguns except for those registered prior to 1975. In about every state now there is a law that states, “Every citizen has a fundamental right to bear arms in defense of himself or herself and the state. Any restriction on this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny”. Specifically in the state of Washington the state law is “The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself, or the state, shall not be impaired, but nothing in
I am for the second amendment that is my point of view. On June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Heller v. District of Columbia. The Supreme Court struck down provisions of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 as unconstitutional, determined that handguns are "arms" for the purposes of the Second Amendment, found that the Regulations Act was an unconstitutional ban, and struck down the portion of the Regulations Act that requires all firearms including …show more content…
Prior to this decision the Firearms Control Regulation Act of 1975 also restricted residents from owning handguns except for those registered prior to 1975. In about every state now there is a law that states, “Every citizen has a fundamental right to bear arms in defense of himself or herself and the state. Any restriction on this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny”. Specifically in the state of Washington the state law is “The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself, or the state, shall not be impaired, but nothing in