Modern day America has far surpassed any futuristic dreams our nation’s founding fathers could conjure. Does that mean we should change the premises of the laws put in place so long ago to secure this nation’s future?
In 1791 James Madison, in response to expressed concerns from several states added to the growing amendment’s in the Bill of Rights to protect the United States from the potential abuse of governmental power (Bill Of Rights Instuitute , 2015). The second Amendment in the Bill of Rights 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 (Bill Of Rights Instuitute , 2015).”…